#ACA43D#ACA43D

#ACA43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA43D
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 64.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -9.90, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 53.56, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0317 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1322, 35.6596, 9.6571)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA43D #3D45AC

analogous

#AC6D3D #ACA43D #7CAC3D

triadic

#ACA43D #3DACA4 #A43DAC

tetradic

#ACA43D #3DAC6D #3D45AC #AC3D7C

square

#ACA43D #3DAC6D #3D45AC #AC3D7C

split-complementary

#ACA43D #3D7CAC #6D3DAC

monochromatic

#524E1D #7F792D #ACA43D #C7BF60 #D7D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ACA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA43D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA43D	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)

#B29E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be78',
    500: '#aca43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca43d;
$custom-light: #c8be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA43D

secondary

#8488C1

accent

#5AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA43D

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

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