#ACA461#ACA461

#ACA461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.088 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA461
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 43.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -6.85, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 36.37, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.019 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.089 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4471, 36.1856, 16.5822)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA461 #6169AC

analogous

#AC7E61 #ACA461 #8EAC61

triadic

#ACA461 #61ACA4 #A461AC

tetradic

#ACA461 #61AC7E #6169AC #AC618E

square

#ACA461 #61AC7E #6169AC #AC618E

split-complementary

#ACA461 #618EAC #7E61AC

monochromatic

#605B32 #888148 #ACA461 #C1BB89 #D6D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ACA461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ACA461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA461

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA461	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.088 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be8f',
    500: '#aca461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca461;
$custom-light: #c6be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA461

secondary

#A4A8C5

accent

#6BC760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA461

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

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