#ACA477#ACA477

#ACA477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.062 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA477
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 30.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -4.23, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 24.81, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.01 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.062 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6188, 36.6543, 22.7532)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA477 #777FAC

analogous

#AC8A77 #ACA477 #9AAC77

triadic

#ACA477 #77ACA4 #A477AC

tetradic

#ACA477 #77AC8A #777FAC #AC779A

square

#ACA477 #77AC8A #777FAC #AC779A

split-complementary

#ACA477 #779AAC #8A77AC

monochromatic

#696340 #8F8657 #ACA477 #C3BD9D #DAD7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#ACA477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA477

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA477	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.062 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be9e',
    500: '#aca477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca477;
$custom-light: #c5be9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 24.201,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71419,
    "c": 0.06207,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA477

secondary

#B5B8CA

accent

#75C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA477

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

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