#ACA42D#ACA42D

#ACA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA42D
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -10.78, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 59.84, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0359 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7636, 35.5122, 7.7162)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA42D #2D35AC

analogous

#AC642D #ACA42D #75AC2D

triadic

#ACA42D #2DACA4 #A42DAC

tetradic

#ACA42D #2DAC64 #2D35AC #AC2D75

square

#ACA42D #2DAC64 #2D35AC #AC2D75

split-complementary

#ACA42D #2D75AC #642DAC

monochromatic

#4B4714 #7B7620 #ACA42D #CFC647 #DCD578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ACA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA42D

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA42D	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)

#B39E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be6f',
    500: '#aca42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca42d;
$custom-light: #c8be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70446,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA42D

secondary

#7176C4

accent

#50E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA42D

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

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