#ACA525#ACA525

#ACA525 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	#ACA525
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -11.64, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 62.84, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.039 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8036, 35.8157, 7.0404)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA525 #252CAC

analogous

#AC6125 #ACA525 #6FAC25

triadic

#ACA525 #25ACA5 #A525AC

tetradic

#ACA525 #25AC61 #252CAC #AC256F

square

#ACA525 #25AC61 #252CAC #AC256F

split-complementary

#ACA525 #256FAC #6125AC

monochromatic

#47440F #7A751A #ACA525 #D5CD3A #DFD96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ACA525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA525

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA525	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)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6b',
    500: '#aca525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca525;
$custom-light: #c9bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70618,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA525

secondary

#676CC6

accent

#49E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA525

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

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