#ACA424#ACA424

#ACA424 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	#ACA424
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -11.15, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 62.81, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0377 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6085, 35.4501, 6.8990)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA424 #242CAC

analogous

#AC6024 #ACA424 #70AC24

triadic

#ACA424 #24ACA4 #A424AC

tetradic

#ACA424 #24AC60 #242CAC #AC2470

square

#ACA424 #24AC60 #242CAC #AC2470

split-complementary

#ACA424 #2470AC #6024AC

monochromatic

#47430F #797419 #ACA424 #D5CC38 #E0D96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ACA424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA424

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA424	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)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6b',
    500: '#aca424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca424;
$custom-light: #c9be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA424

secondary

#666BC6

accent

#49E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA424

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

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