#ACA539#ACA539

#ACA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA539
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -10.67, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 55.61, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0343 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.128 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2081, 35.9774, 9.1705)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA539 #3940AC

analogous

#AC6C39 #ACA539 #79AC39

triadic

#ACA539 #39ACA5 #A539AC

tetradic

#ACA539 #39AC6C #3940AC #AC3979

square

#ACA539 #39AC6C #3940AC #AC3979

split-complementary

#ACA539 #3979AC #6C39AC

monochromatic

#504D1B #7E792A #ACA539 #C8C25A #D8D388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ACA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA539

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA539	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf75',
    500: '#aca539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca539;
$custom-light: #c8bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA539

secondary

#7F83C2

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA539

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

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