#ACA240#ACA240

#ACA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA240
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -8.65, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 51.49, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0278 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.119 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8601, 34.9826, 9.9763)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA240 #404AAC

analogous

#AC6C40 #ACA240 #80AC40

triadic

#ACA240 #40ACA2 #A240AC

tetradic

#ACA240 #40AC6C #404AAC #AC4080

square

#ACA240 #40AC6C #404AAC #AC4080

split-complementary

#ACA240 #4080AC #6C40AC

monochromatic

#534E1F #7F782F #ACA240 #C5BC64 #D6CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#ACA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA240

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA240	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd79',
    500: '#aca240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca240;
$custom-light: #c7bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA240

secondary

#878CC1

accent

#5FD552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA240

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

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