#ACA258#ACA258

#ACA258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.096 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA258
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 48.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -6.70, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 40.09, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0195 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.096 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6959, 35.3169, 14.3779)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA258 #5862AC

analogous

#AC7858 #ACA258 #8CAC58

triadic

#ACA258 #58ACA2 #A258AC

tetradic

#ACA258 #58AC78 #5862AC #AC588C

square

#ACA258 #58AC78 #5862AC #AC588C

split-complementary

#ACA258 #588CAC #7858AC

monochromatic

#5C562E #857D42 #ACA258 #C0B981 #D5D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#ACA258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA258

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA258	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.096 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd89',
    500: '#aca258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca258;
$custom-light: #c6bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 33.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70454,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA258

secondary

#9DA2C3

accent

#6BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA258

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

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