#ACA42B#ACA42B

#ACA42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA42B
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -10.87, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 60.54, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0363 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7261, 35.4972, 7.5182)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA42B #2B33AC

analogous

#AC642B #ACA42B #74AC2B

triadic

#ACA42B #2BACA4 #A42BAC

tetradic

#ACA42B #2BAC64 #2B33AC #AC2B74

square

#ACA42B #2BAC64 #2B33AC #AC2B74

split-complementary

#ACA42B #2B74AC #642BAC

monochromatic

#4A4713 #7B751F #ACA42B #D0C844 #DCD675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ACA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA42B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA42B	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)

#B39E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be6e',
    500: '#aca42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca42b;
$custom-light: #c8be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70433,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA42B

secondary

#6F74C4

accent

#4EE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA42B

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

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