#ACA43B#ACA43B

#ACA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA43B
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 65.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -10.03, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 54.40, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0323 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.0793, 35.6385, 9.3786)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA43B #3B43AC

analogous

#AC6B3B #ACA43B #7CAC3B

triadic

#ACA43B #3BACA4 #A43BAC

tetradic

#ACA43B #3BAC6B #3B43AC #AC3B7C

square

#ACA43B #3BAC6B #3B43AC #AC3B7C

split-complementary

#ACA43B #3B7CAC #6B3BAC

monochromatic

#514D1C #7E792B #ACA43B #C7C05D #D7D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ACA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA43B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA43B	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be76',
    500: '#aca43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca43b;
$custom-light: #c8be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.35637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA43B

secondary

#8186C1

accent

#59D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA43B

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

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