#ACA422#ACA422

#ACA422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA422
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -11.22, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 63.41, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0381 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5788, 35.4383, 6.7426)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA422 #222AAC

analogous

#AC5F22 #ACA422 #6FAC22

triadic

#ACA422 #22ACA4 #A422AC

tetradic

#ACA422 #22AC5F #222AAC #AC226F

square

#ACA422 #22AC5F #222AAC #AC226F

split-complementary

#ACA422 #226FAC #5F22AC

monochromatic

#46430E #797318 #ACA422 #D7CD34 #E1DA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ACA422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA422

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA422	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6a',
    500: '#aca422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca422;
$custom-light: #c9be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70382,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA422

secondary

#6369C7

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA422

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

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