#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
RGBrgb(172, 165, 42)
HSLhsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSVhsv(57, 76%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(66.40, -11.43, 60.16)
CIE-LCHlch(66.40, 61.23, 100.76°)
OKLaboklab(70.65% -0.038 0.1319)
OKLCHoklch(70.65% 0.137 106.1)
XYZxyz(30.8876, 35.8492, 7.4826)
Luminance0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##ACA52A1.002.578.178.17
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1721.001.001.00
##0000008.1721.001.001.00

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

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#ACA52A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva