#ACA429#ACA429

#ACA429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA429
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -10.95, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 61.22, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0367 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6903, 35.4828, 7.3297)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA429 #2931AC

analogous

#AC6329 #ACA429 #73AC29

triadic

#ACA429 #29ACA4 #A429AC

tetradic

#ACA429 #29AC63 #2931AC #AC2973

square

#ACA429 #29AC63 #2931AC #AC2973

split-complementary

#ACA429 #2973AC #6329AC

monochromatic

#494611 #7B751D #ACA429 #D2C941 #DDD772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ACA429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA429

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA429	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be6d',
    500: '#aca429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca429;
$custom-light: #c8be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA429

secondary

#6C72C5

accent

#4DE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA429

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

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