#ACA524#ACA524

#ACA524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.140 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA524
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -11.67, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 63.15, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0392 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7881, 35.8095, 6.9589)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA524 #242BAC

analogous

#AC6124 #ACA524 #6FAC24

triadic

#ACA524 #24ACA5 #A524AC

tetradic

#ACA524 #24AC61 #242BAC #AC246F

square

#ACA524 #24AC61 #242BAC #AC246F

split-complementary

#ACA524 #246FAC #6124AC

monochromatic

#47440F #797419 #ACA524 #D5CD38 #E0DA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ACA524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA524

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA524	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)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6b',
    500: '#aca524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca524;
$custom-light: #c9bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA524

secondary

#666BC6

accent

#48E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA524

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

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