#ACA52D#ACA52D

#ACA52D 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	#ACA52D
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -11.30, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 60.20, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0373 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.9433, 35.8715, 7.7761)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA52D #2D34AC

analogous

#AC662D #ACA52D #73AC2D

triadic

#ACA52D #2DACA5 #A52DAC

tetradic

#ACA52D #2DAC66 #2D34AC #AC2D73

square

#ACA52D #2DAC66 #2D34AC #AC2D73

split-complementary

#ACA52D #2D73AC #662DAC

monochromatic

#4B4814 #7B7620 #ACA52D #CFC747 #DCD678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ACA52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA52D

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA52D	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)

#B39F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6f',
    500: '#aca52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca52d;
$custom-light: #c8bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA52D

secondary

#7176C4

accent

#4FE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA52D

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

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