#ACA249#ACA249

#ACA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA249
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -8.00, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 47.39, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0249 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.111 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1372, 35.0935, 11.4356)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA249 #4953AC

analogous

#AC7049 #ACA249 #85AC49

triadic

#ACA249 #49ACA2 #A249AC

tetradic

#ACA249 #49AC70 #4953AC #AC4985

square

#ACA249 #49AC70 #4953AC #AC4985

split-complementary

#ACA249 #4985AC #7049AC

monochromatic

#565125 #817A37 #ACA249 #C2BA70 #D5CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ACA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ACA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA249

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA249	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd7f',
    500: '#aca249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca249;
$custom-light: #c7bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7026,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA249

secondary

#9095C1

accent

#64D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA249

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

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