#ACA262#ACA262

#ACA262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.085 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA262
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -5.68, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 34.99, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0156 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.085 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1389, 35.4941, 16.7110)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA262 #626CAC

analogous

#AC7D62 #ACA262 #91AC62

triadic

#ACA262 #62ACA2 #A262AC

tetradic

#ACA262 #62AC7D #626CAC #AC6291

square

#ACA262 #62AC7D #626CAC #AC6291

split-complementary

#ACA262 #6291AC #7D62AC

monochromatic

#615A33 #898048 #ACA262 #C1BA8A #D6D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ACA262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA262

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA262	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.085 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd8f',
    500: '#aca262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca262;
$custom-light: #c6bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA262

secondary

#A5A9C5

accent

#6FC761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA262

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

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