#ACA261#ACA261

#ACA261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA261
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -5.78, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 35.51, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.016 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0920, 35.4754, 16.4639)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA261 #616BAC

analogous

#AC7C61 #ACA261 #90AC61

triadic

#ACA261 #61ACA2 #A261AC

tetradic

#ACA261 #61AC7C #616BAC #AC6190

square

#ACA261 #61AC7C #616BAC #AC6190

split-complementary

#ACA261 #6190AC #7C61AC

monochromatic

#605A32 #888048 #ACA261 #C1BA89 #D6D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ACA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA261

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA261	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd8f',
    500: '#aca261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca261;
$custom-light: #c6bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA261

secondary

#A4A8C5

accent

#6EC760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA261

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

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