#ACA356#ACA356

#ACA356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA356
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 50%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -7.42, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 41.50, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0218 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.099 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7910, 35.6380, 14.0065)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA356 #565FAC

analogous

#AC7856 #ACA356 #8AAC56

triadic

#ACA356 #56ACA3 #A356AC

tetradic

#ACA356 #56AC78 #565FAC #AC568A

square

#ACA356 #56AC78 #565FAC #AC568A

split-complementary

#ACA356 #568AAC #7856AC

monochromatic

#5B562D #847D41 #ACA356 #C0B97F #D4D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ACA356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA356

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA356	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be87',
    500: '#aca356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca356;
$custom-light: #c6be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA356

secondary

#9CA0C2

accent

#69CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA356

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

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