#ACA531#ACA531

#ACA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA531
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -11.11, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 58.75, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0364 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0240, 35.9038, 8.2011)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA531 #3138AC

analogous

#AC6731 #ACA531 #75AC31

triadic

#ACA531 #31ACA5 #A531AC

tetradic

#ACA531 #31AC67 #3138AC #AC3175

square

#ACA531 #31AC67 #3138AC #AC3175

split-complementary

#ACA531 #3175AC #6731AC

monochromatic

#4D4A16 #7C7723 #ACA531 #CCC54E #DAD57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ACA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ACA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA531

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA531	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)

#B39F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf71',
    500: '#aca531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca531;
$custom-light: #c8bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA531

secondary

#767AC3

accent

#51DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA531

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

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