#ACA526#ACA526

#ACA526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.139 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA526
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -11.60, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 62.53, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0388 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.139 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8195, 35.8220, 7.1243)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA526 #262DAC

analogous

#AC6226 #ACA526 #70AC26

triadic

#ACA526 #26ACA5 #A526AC

tetradic

#ACA526 #26AC62 #262DAC #AC2670

square

#ACA526 #26AC62 #262DAC #AC2670

split-complementary

#ACA526 #2670AC #6226AC

monochromatic

#484510 #7A751B #ACA526 #D4CC3B #DFD96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ACA526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA526

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA526	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)

#B49F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.139 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6c',
    500: '#aca526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca526;
$custom-light: #c9bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA526

secondary

#686DC5

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA526

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

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