#ACA280#ACA280

#ACA280 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.048 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA280
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(46, 21%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 26%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 25.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -1.91, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 19.13, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0031 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.048 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8300, 36.1706, 25.6174)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA280 #808AAC

analogous

#AC8C80 #ACA280 #A0AC80

triadic

#ACA280 #80ACA2 #A280AC

tetradic

#ACA280 #80AC8C #808AAC #AC80A0

square

#ACA280 #80AC8C #808AAC #AC80A0

split-complementary

#ACA280 #80A0AC #8C80AC

monochromatic

#6B6346 #90855E #ACA280 #C4BDA5 #DCD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ACA280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#ACA280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA280

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA280	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.048 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bda5',
    500: '#aca280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca280;
$custom-light: #c5bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 20.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71186,
    "c": 0.04847,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA280

secondary

#BBBFCD

accent

#7DBE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA280

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

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