#ACA442#ACA442

#ACA442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA442
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -9.57, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 51.38, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0302 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.119 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2732, 35.7160, 10.3997)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA442 #424AAC

analogous

#AC6F42 #ACA442 #7FAC42

triadic

#ACA442 #42ACA4 #A442AC

tetradic

#ACA442 #42AC6F #424AAC #AC427F

square

#ACA442 #42AC6F #424AAC #AC427F

split-complementary

#ACA442 #427FAC #6F42AC

monochromatic

#545020 #807A31 #ACA442 #C5BD67 #D6D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#ACA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA442

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA442	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be7b',
    500: '#aca442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca442;
$custom-light: #c7be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70621,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA442

secondary

#898DC1

accent

#5DD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA442

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

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