#ACA474#ACA474

#ACA474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.066 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA474
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 32.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -4.62, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 26.41, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0112 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.066 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4415, 36.5833, 21.8193)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA474 #747CAC

analogous

#AC8874 #ACA474 #98AC74

triadic

#ACA474 #74ACA4 #A474AC

tetradic

#ACA474 #74AC88 #747CAC #AC7498

square

#ACA474 #74AC88 #747CAC #AC7498

split-complementary

#ACA474 #7498AC #8874AC

monochromatic

#68623E #8E8655 #ACA474 #C3BD9A #DAD6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ACA474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ACA474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA474

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA474	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.066 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be9c',
    500: '#aca474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca474;
$custom-light: #c5be9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 25.225,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.06583,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA474

secondary

#B2B6C9

accent

#73C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA474

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

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