#ACA255#ACA255

#ACA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA255
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -6.98, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 41.59, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0206 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.099 102)
XYZ	xyz(31.5742, 35.2682, 13.7368)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA255 #555FAC

analogous

#AC7655 #ACA255 #8BAC55

triadic

#ACA255 #55ACA2 #A255AC

tetradic

#ACA255 #55AC76 #555FAC #AC558B

square

#ACA255 #55AC76 #555FAC #AC558B

split-complementary

#ACA255 #558BAC #7655AC

monochromatic

#5A552C #847C40 #ACA255 #C0B87E #D4CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ACA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#ACA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA255

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA255	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd87',
    500: '#aca255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca255;
$custom-light: #c6bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70412,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA255

secondary

#9B9FC2

accent

#6ACA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA255

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

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