#ACA528#ACA528

#ACA528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA528
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -11.52, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 61.90, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0384 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8527, 35.8353, 7.2988)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA528 #282FAC

analogous

#AC6328 #ACA528 #71AC28

triadic

#ACA528 #28ACA5 #A528AC

tetradic

#ACA528 #28AC63 #282FAC #AC2871

square

#ACA528 #28AC63 #282FAC #AC2871

split-complementary

#ACA528 #2871AC #6328AC

monochromatic

#494611 #7A751C #ACA528 #D2CB3F #DED871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ACA528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA528

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA528	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6d',
    500: '#aca528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca528;
$custom-light: #c8bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70635,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA528

secondary

#6B70C5

accent

#4BE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA528

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

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