#ACA359#ACA359

#ACA359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA359
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -7.13, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 40.00, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0206 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.096 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9144, 35.6873, 14.6565)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA359 #5962AC

analogous

#AC7959 #ACA359 #8BAC59

triadic

#ACA359 #59ACA3 #A359AC

tetradic

#ACA359 #59AC79 #5962AC #AC598B

square

#ACA359 #59AC79 #5962AC #AC598B

split-complementary

#ACA359 #598BAC #7959AC

monochromatic

#5C572E #857E43 #ACA359 #C0BA82 #D5D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#ACA359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA359

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA359	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be89',
    500: '#aca359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca359;
$custom-light: #c6be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70684,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA359

secondary

#9EA2C3

accent

#6AC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA359

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

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