#ACA459#ACA459

#ACA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA459
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -7.66, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 40.43, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0221 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.097 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0927, 36.0438, 14.7159)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA459 #5961AC

analogous

#AC7A59 #ACA459 #8AAC59

triadic

#ACA459 #59ACA4 #A459AC

tetradic

#ACA459 #59AC7A #5961AC #AC598A

square

#ACA459 #59AC7A #5961AC #AC598A

split-complementary

#ACA459 #598AAC #7A59AC

monochromatic

#5C582E #857F43 #ACA459 #C0BA82 #D5D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ACA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA459

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA459	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be89',
    500: '#aca459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca459;
$custom-light: #c6be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70901,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA459

secondary

#9EA2C3

accent

#69C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA459

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

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