#ACA36D#ACA36D

#ACA36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.073 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA36D
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 36.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -4.96, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 29.67, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0126 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.073 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8713, 36.0700, 19.6957)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA36D #6D76AC

analogous

#AC846D #ACA36D #95AC6D

triadic

#ACA36D #6DACA3 #A36DAC

tetradic

#ACA36D #6DAC84 #6D76AC #AC6D95

square

#ACA36D #6DAC84 #6D76AC #AC6D95

split-complementary

#ACA36D #6D95AC #846DAC

monochromatic

#655F39 #8C8350 #ACA36D #C2BC94 #D8D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ACA36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA36D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA36D	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.073 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be97',
    500: '#aca36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca36d;
$custom-light: #c5be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 27.511,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71012,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA36D

secondary

#ADB1C8

accent

#72C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA36D

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

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