#ACA451#ACA451

#ACA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA451
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -8.40, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 44.38, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0251 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.106 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7748, 35.9167, 13.0418)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA451 #5159AC

analogous

#AC7751 #ACA451 #87AC51

triadic

#ACA451 #51ACA4 #A451AC

tetradic

#ACA451 #51AC77 #5159AC #AC5187

square

#ACA451 #51AC77 #5159AC #AC5187

split-complementary

#ACA451 #5187AC #7751AC

monochromatic

#59552A #827C3D #ACA451 #C0BA7A #D4D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ACA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA451

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA451	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be84',
    500: '#aca451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca451;
$custom-light: #c7be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70793,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA451

secondary

#989BC1

accent

#66CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA451

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

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