#ACA342#ACA342

#ACA342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA342
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -9.04, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 50.99, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0287 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.118 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.0949, 35.3595, 10.3403)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA342 #424BAC

analogous

#AC6E42 #ACA342 #80AC42

triadic

#ACA342 #42ACA3 #A342AC

tetradic

#ACA342 #42AC6E #424BAC #AC4280

square

#ACA342 #42AC6E #424BAC #AC4280

split-complementary

#ACA342 #4280AC #6E42AC

monochromatic

#544F20 #807931 #ACA342 #C5BD67 #D6D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ACA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA342

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA342	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be7a',
    500: '#aca342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca342;
$custom-light: #c7be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA342

secondary

#898EC1

accent

#5ED454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA342

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

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