#ACA438#ACA438

#ACA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA438
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -10.21, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 55.64, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0331 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0037, 35.6082, 8.9806)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA438 #3840AC

analogous

#AC6A38 #ACA438 #7AAC38

triadic

#ACA438 #38ACA4 #A438AC

tetradic

#ACA438 #38AC6A #3840AC #AC387A

square

#ACA438 #38AC6A #3840AC #AC387A

split-complementary

#ACA438 #387AAC #6A38AC

monochromatic

#504C1A #7E7829 #ACA438 #C9C158 #D8D287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ACA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA438

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA438	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be75',
    500: '#aca438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca438;
$custom-light: #c8be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA438

secondary

#7E83C2

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA438

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

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