#ACA259#ACA259

#ACA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.095 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA259
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -6.60, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 39.58, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0191 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.095 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7376, 35.3336, 14.5975)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA259 #5963AC

analogous

#AC7859 #ACA259 #8CAC59

triadic

#ACA259 #59ACA2 #A259AC

tetradic

#ACA259 #59AC78 #5963AC #AC598C

square

#ACA259 #59AC78 #5963AC #AC598C

split-complementary

#ACA259 #598CAC #7859AC

monochromatic

#5C572E #857D43 #ACA259 #C0B982 #D5D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ACA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA259

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA259	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.095 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd89',
    500: '#aca259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca259;
$custom-light: #c6bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70468,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA259

secondary

#9EA2C3

accent

#6BC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA259

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

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