#ACA252#ACA252

#ACA252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA252
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 52.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -7.25, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 43.07, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0217 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4575, 35.2216, 13.1224)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA252 #525CAC

analogous

#AC7552 #ACA252 #89AC52

triadic

#ACA252 #52ACA2 #A252AC

tetradic

#ACA252 #52AC75 #525CAC #AC5289

square

#ACA252 #52AC75 #525CAC #AC5289

split-complementary

#ACA252 #5289AC #7552AC

monochromatic

#59542A #837B3E #ACA252 #C0B87B #D4CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ACA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#ACA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA252

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA252	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd85',
    500: '#aca252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca252;
$custom-light: #c7bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA252

secondary

#999DC1

accent

#69CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA252

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

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