#ACA52E#ACA52E

#ACA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.135 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA52E
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -11.26, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 59.84, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0371 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.135 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.9628, 35.8793, 7.8787)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA52E #2E35AC

analogous

#AC662E #ACA52E #74AC2E

triadic

#ACA52E #2EACA5 #A52EAC

tetradic

#ACA52E #2EAC66 #2E35AC #AC2E74

square

#ACA52E #2EAC66 #2E35AC #AC2E74

split-complementary

#ACA52E #2E74AC #662EAC

monochromatic

#4B4814 #7C7721 #ACA52E #CEC749 #DBD679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ACA52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA52E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA52E	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.135 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6f',
    500: '#aca52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca52e;
$custom-light: #c8bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70672,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA52E

secondary

#7277C3

accent

#4FE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA52E

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

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