#ACA536#ACA536

#ACA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA536
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -10.85, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 56.82, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0351 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.13 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1354, 35.9484, 8.7880)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA536 #363DAC

analogous

#AC6A36 #ACA536 #78AC36

triadic

#ACA536 #36ACA5 #A536AC

tetradic

#ACA536 #36AC6A #363DAC #AC3678

square

#ACA536 #36AC6A #363DAC #AC3678

split-complementary

#ACA536 #3678AC #6A36AC

monochromatic

#4F4C19 #7D7827 #ACA536 #CAC355 #D8D384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ACA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA536

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA536	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf74',
    500: '#aca536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca536;
$custom-light: #c8bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70731,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA536

secondary

#7C80C2

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA536

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

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