#ACA52F#ACA52F

#ACA52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.134 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA52F
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -11.21, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 59.48, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0369 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.134 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9827, 35.8873, 7.9837)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA52F #2F36AC

analogous

#AC662F #ACA52F #74AC2F

triadic

#ACA52F #2FACA5 #A52FAC

tetradic

#ACA52F #2FAC66 #2F36AC #AC2F74

square

#ACA52F #2FAC66 #2F36AC #AC2F74

split-complementary

#ACA52F #2F74AC #662FAC

monochromatic

#4C4915 #7C7722 #ACA52F #CEC64B #DBD57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ACA52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA52F

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA52F	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)

#B39F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf70',
    500: '#aca52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca52f;
$custom-light: #c8bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA52F

secondary

#7478C3

accent

#50E047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA52F

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

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