#ACA52A#ACA52A

#ACA52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA52A
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -11.43, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 61.23, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.038 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.137 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8876, 35.8492, 7.4826)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA52A #2A31AC

analogous

#AC642A #ACA52A #72AC2A

triadic

#ACA52A #2AACA5 #A52AAC

tetradic

#ACA52A #2AAC64 #2A31AC #AC2A72

square

#ACA52A #2AAC64 #2A31AC #AC2A72

split-complementary

#ACA52A #2A72AC #642AAC

monochromatic

#4A4712 #7B761E #ACA52A #D1C942 #DDD773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ACA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA52A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA52A	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)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6d',
    500: '#aca52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca52a;
$custom-light: #c8bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA52A

secondary

#6D72C4

accent

#4DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA52A

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

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