#ACA338#ACA338

#ACA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA338
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -9.68, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 55.27, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0316 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.126 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8255, 35.2517, 8.9211)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA338 #3841AC

analogous

#AC6938 #ACA338 #7BAC38

triadic

#ACA338 #38ACA3 #A338AC

tetradic

#ACA338 #38AC69 #3841AC #AC387B

square

#ACA338 #38AC69 #3841AC #AC387B

split-complementary

#ACA338 #387BAC #6938AC

monochromatic

#504B1A #7E7729 #ACA338 #C9C058 #D8D287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ACA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#ACA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA338

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA338	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be75',
    500: '#aca338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca338;
$custom-light: #c8be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70309,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA338

secondary

#7E83C2

accent

#58DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA338

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

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