#ACA322#ACA322

#ACA322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA322
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -10.70, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 63.08, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0366 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4005, 35.0818, 6.6832)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA322 #222BAC

analogous

#AC5E22 #ACA322 #70AC22

triadic

#ACA322 #22ACA3 #A322AC

tetradic

#ACA322 #22AC5E #222BAC #AC2270

square

#ACA322 #22AC5E #222BAC #AC2270

split-complementary

#ACA322 #2270AC #5E22AC

monochromatic

#46420E #797318 #ACA322 #D7CC34 #E1D967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ACA322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ACA322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA322

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA322	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6a',
    500: '#aca322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca322;
$custom-light: #c9bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA322

secondary

#636AC7

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA322

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

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