#ACA260#ACA260

#ACA260 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.088 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA260
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 44.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -5.89, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 36.02, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0164 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.088 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0456, 35.4568, 16.2199)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA260 #606AAC

analogous

#AC7C60 #ACA260 #90AC60

triadic

#ACA260 #60ACA2 #A260AC

tetradic

#ACA260 #60AC7C #606AAC #AC6090

square

#ACA260 #60AC7C #606AAC #AC6090

split-complementary

#ACA260 #6090AC #7C60AC

monochromatic

#605A32 #887F47 #ACA260 #C1BA88 #D6D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ACA260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA260

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA260	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.088 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd8e',
    500: '#aca260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca260;
$custom-light: #c6bd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 31.405,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70575,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA260

secondary

#A3A8C4

accent

#6EC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA260

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

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