#ACA42E#ACA42E

#ACA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.134 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA42E
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -10.73, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 59.49, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0356 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.134 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7831, 35.5200, 7.8188)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA42E #2E36AC

analogous

#AC652E #ACA42E #75AC2E

triadic

#ACA42E #2EACA4 #A42EAC

tetradic

#ACA42E #2EAC65 #2E36AC #AC2E75

square

#ACA42E #2EAC65 #2E36AC #AC2E75

split-complementary

#ACA42E #2E75AC #652EAC

monochromatic

#4B4814 #7C7621 #ACA42E #CEC649 #DBD579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ACA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA42E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA42E	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)

#B29E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.134 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be6f',
    500: '#aca42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca42e;
$custom-light: #c8be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70452,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA42E

secondary

#7278C3

accent

#51E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA42E

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

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