#ACA52B#ACA52B

#ACA52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA52B
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -11.39, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 60.89, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0378 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.9057, 35.8565, 7.5781)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA52B #2B32AC

analogous

#AC642B #ACA52B #73AC2B

triadic

#ACA52B #2BACA5 #A52BAC

tetradic

#ACA52B #2BAC64 #2B32AC #AC2B73

square

#ACA52B #2BAC64 #2B32AC #AC2B73

split-complementary

#ACA52B #2B73AC #642BAC

monochromatic

#4A4713 #7B761F #ACA52B #D0C944 #DCD775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ACA52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA52B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA52B	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)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6e',
    500: '#aca52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca52b;
$custom-light: #c8bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA52B

secondary

#6F73C4

accent

#4DE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA52B

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

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