#ACA423#ACA423

#ACA423 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	#ACA423
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -11.19, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 63.11, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0379 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5934, 35.4441, 6.8197)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA423 #232BAC

analogous

#AC5F23 #ACA423 #70AC23

triadic

#ACA423 #23ACA4 #A423AC

tetradic

#ACA423 #23AC5F #232BAC #AC2370

square

#ACA423 #23AC5F #232BAC #AC2370

split-complementary

#ACA423 #2370AC #5F23AC

monochromatic

#46430E #797419 #ACA423 #D6CD36 #E0D969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ACA423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA423

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA423	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)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6a',
    500: '#aca423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca423;
$custom-light: #c9be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70387,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA423

secondary

#646AC6

accent

#49E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA423

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

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