#ACA53A#ACA53A

#ACA53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA53A
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -10.61, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 55.20, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.034 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.127 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2333, 35.9875, 9.3032)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA53A #3A41AC

analogous

#AC6C3A #ACA53A #7AAC3A

triadic

#ACA53A #3AACA5 #A53AAC

tetradic

#ACA53A #3AAC6C #3A41AC #AC3A7A

square

#ACA53A #3AAC6C #3A41AC #AC3A7A

split-complementary

#ACA53A #3A7AAC #6C3AAC

monochromatic

#504D1B #7E792B #ACA53A #C8C15B #D7D289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ACA53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA53A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA53A	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)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf76',
    500: '#aca53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca53a;
$custom-light: #c8bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA53A

secondary

#8084C2

accent

#57D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA53A

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

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