#ACA242#ACA242

#ACA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA242
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -8.51, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 50.60, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0272 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.117 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9181, 35.0058, 10.2814)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA242 #424CAC

analogous

#AC6D42 #ACA242 #81AC42

triadic

#ACA242 #42ACA2 #A242AC

tetradic

#ACA242 #42AC6D #424CAC #AC4281

square

#ACA242 #42AC6D #424CAC #AC4281

split-complementary

#ACA242 #4281AC #6D42AC

monochromatic

#544F20 #807831 #ACA242 #C5BC67 #D6CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ACA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#ACA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA242

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA242	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd7a',
    500: '#aca242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca242;
$custom-light: #c7bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA242

secondary

#898EC1

accent

#60D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA242

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

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