#ACA236#ACA236

#ACA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA236
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -9.27, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 55.72, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0307 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(30.6007, 34.8788, 8.6097)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA236 #3640AC

analogous

#AC6736 #ACA236 #7BAC36

triadic

#ACA236 #36ACA2 #A236AC

tetradic

#ACA236 #36AC67 #3640AC #AC367B

square

#ACA236 #36AC67 #3640AC #AC367B

split-complementary

#ACA236 #367BAC #6736AC

monochromatic

#4F4A19 #7D7627 #ACA236 #CAC055 #D8D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ACA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA236

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA236	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd73',
    500: '#aca236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca236;
$custom-light: #c8bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.34878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA236

secondary

#7C82C2

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA236

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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