#ACA23B#ACA23B

#ACA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA23B
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -8.97, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 53.65, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0293 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.123 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7242, 34.9283, 9.2603)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA23B #3B45AC

analogous

#AC693B #ACA23B #7EAC3B

triadic

#ACA23B #3BACA2 #A23BAC

tetradic

#ACA23B #3BAC69 #3B45AC #AC3B7E

square

#ACA23B #3BAC69 #3B45AC #AC3B7E

split-complementary

#ACA23B #3B7EAC #693BAC

monochromatic

#514C1C #7E772B #ACA23B #C7BE5D #D7D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#ACA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA23B

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA23B	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd76',
    500: '#aca23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca23b;
$custom-light: #c8bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA23B

secondary

#8187C1

accent

#5BD84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA23B

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

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