#ACA52C#ACA52C

#ACA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA52C
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -11.35, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 60.55, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0376 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.9243, 35.8639, 7.6759)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA52C #2C33AC

analogous

#AC652C #ACA52C #73AC2C

triadic

#ACA52C #2CACA5 #A52CAC

tetradic

#ACA52C #2CAC65 #2C33AC #AC2C73

square

#ACA52C #2CAC65 #2C33AC #AC2C73

split-complementary

#ACA52C #2C73AC #652CAC

monochromatic

#4B4813 #7B7620 #ACA52C #D0C846 #DCD676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ACA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA52C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA52C	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)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6e',
    500: '#aca52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca52c;
$custom-light: #c8bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70659,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.35863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA52C

secondary

#7075C4

accent

#4EE245

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA52C

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

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