#ACA538#ACA538

#ACA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA538
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -10.73, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 56.02, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0346 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.128 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1834, 35.9676, 9.0404)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA538 #383FAC

analogous

#AC6B38 #ACA538 #79AC38

triadic

#ACA538 #38ACA5 #A538AC

tetradic

#ACA538 #38AC6B #383FAC #AC3879

square

#ACA538 #38AC6B #383FAC #AC3879

split-complementary

#ACA538 #3879AC #6B38AC

monochromatic

#504C1A #7E7929 #ACA538 #C9C258 #D8D387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ACA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA538

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA538	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf75',
    500: '#aca538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca538;
$custom-light: #c8bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70748,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA538

secondary

#7E82C2

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA538

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

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