#ACA523#ACA523

#ACA523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.141 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA523
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -11.71, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 63.45, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0394 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7731, 35.8034, 6.8796)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA523 #232AAC

analogous

#AC6023 #ACA523 #6FAC23

triadic

#ACA523 #23ACA5 #A523AC

tetradic

#ACA523 #23AC60 #232AAC #AC236F

square

#ACA523 #23AC60 #232AAC #AC236F

split-complementary

#ACA523 #236FAC #6023AC

monochromatic

#46430E #797419 #ACA523 #D6CE36 #E0DA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ACA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA523

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA523	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6a',
    500: '#aca523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca523;
$custom-light: #c9bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA523

secondary

#6469C6

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA523

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

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