#ACA535#ACA535

#ACA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA535
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -10.90, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 57.21, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0354 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1122, 35.9391, 8.6656)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA535 #353CAC

analogous

#AC6A35 #ACA535 #78AC35

triadic

#ACA535 #35ACA5 #A535AC

tetradic

#ACA535 #35AC6A #353CAC #AC3578

square

#ACA535 #35AC6A #353CAC #AC3578

split-complementary

#ACA535 #3578AC #6A35AC

monochromatic

#4E4B18 #7D7827 #ACA535 #CAC354 #D9D483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ACA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA535

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA535	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf73',
    500: '#aca535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca535;
$custom-light: #c8bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA535

secondary

#7B7FC2

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA535

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

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