#ACA323#ACA323

#ACA323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA323
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -10.66, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 62.78, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0365 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4152, 35.0876, 6.7603)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA323 #232CAC

analogous

#AC5E23 #ACA323 #71AC23

triadic

#ACA323 #23ACA3 #A323AC

tetradic

#ACA323 #23AC5E #232CAC #AC2371

square

#ACA323 #23AC5E #232CAC #AC2371

split-complementary

#ACA323 #2371AC #5E23AC

monochromatic

#46430E #797319 #ACA323 #D6CC36 #E0D969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ACA323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ACA323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA323

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA323	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)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6a',
    500: '#aca323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca323;
$custom-light: #c9bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70167,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA323

secondary

#646BC6

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA323

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

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