#ACA481#ACA481

#ACA481 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.049 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA481
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 25%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 25%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -2.84, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 19.46, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0057 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.049 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2512, 36.9072, 26.0841)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA481 #8189AC

analogous

#AC8F81 #ACA481 #9FAC81

triadic

#ACA481 #81ACA4 #A481AC

tetradic

#ACA481 #81AC8F #8189AC #AC819F

square

#ACA481 #81AC8F #8189AC #AC819F

split-complementary

#ACA481 #819FAC #8F81AC

monochromatic

#6C6547 #91875F #ACA481 #C4BFA6 #DDD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ACA481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA481

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA481	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.049 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bea5',
    500: '#aca481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca481;
$custom-light: #c5bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 20.574,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.04924,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA481

secondary

#BCBFCD

accent

#7ABD6B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA481

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

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