#ACA238#ACA238

#ACA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA238
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -9.15, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 54.90, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0301 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6486, 34.8980, 8.8622)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA238 #3842AC

analogous

#AC6838 #ACA238 #7CAC38

triadic

#ACA238 #38ACA2 #A238AC

tetradic

#ACA238 #38AC68 #3842AC #AC387C

square

#ACA238 #38AC68 #3842AC #AC387C

split-complementary

#ACA238 #387CAC #6838AC

monochromatic

#504B1A #7E7729 #ACA238 #C9BF58 #D8D187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ACA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA238

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA238	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)

#B09D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd75',
    500: '#aca238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca238;
$custom-light: #c8bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7009,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA238

secondary

#7E84C2

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA238

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

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