#ACA239#ACA239

#ACA239 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	#ACA239
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -9.10, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 54.49, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0299 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6733, 34.9079, 8.9923)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA239 #3943AC

analogous

#AC6939 #ACA239 #7CAC39

triadic

#ACA239 #39ACA2 #A239AC

tetradic

#ACA239 #39AC69 #3943AC #AC397C

square

#ACA239 #39AC69 #3943AC #AC397C

split-complementary

#ACA239 #397CAC #6939AC

monochromatic

#504B1B #7E772A #ACA239 #C8BF5A #D8D188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ACA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA239

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA239	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)

#B09D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd75',
    500: '#aca239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca239;
$custom-light: #c8bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA239

secondary

#7F85C2

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA239

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

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