#ACA43E#ACA43E

#ACA43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA43E
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -9.84, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 53.13, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0314 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1594, 35.6705, 9.8003)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA43E #3E46AC

analogous

#AC6D3E #ACA43E #7DAC3E

triadic

#ACA43E #3EACA4 #A43EAC

tetradic

#ACA43E #3EAC6D #3E46AC #AC3E7D

square

#ACA43E #3EAC6D #3E46AC #AC3E7D

split-complementary

#ACA43E #3E7DAC #6D3EAC

monochromatic

#524E1E #7F792E #ACA43E #C6BF61 #D6D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ACA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA43E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA43E	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)

#B29E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be78',
    500: '#aca43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca43e;
$custom-light: #c8be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70582,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA43E

secondary

#8589C1

accent

#5BD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA43E

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

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