#ACA23A#ACA23A

#ACA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA23A
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -9.04, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 54.07, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0296 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6985, 34.9180, 9.1250)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA23A #3A44AC

analogous

#AC693A #ACA23A #7DAC3A

triadic

#ACA23A #3AACA2 #A23AAC

tetradic

#ACA23A #3AAC69 #3A44AC #AC3A7D

square

#ACA23A #3AAC69 #3A44AC #AC3A7D

split-complementary

#ACA23A #3A7DAC #693AAC

monochromatic

#504C1B #7E772B #ACA23A #C8BE5B #D7D089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ACA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA23A

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA23A	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)

#B09D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd76',
    500: '#aca23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca23a;
$custom-light: #c8bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA23A

secondary

#8086C2

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA23A

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

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