#ACA53B#ACA53B

#ACA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA53B
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 65.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -10.55, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 54.78, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0338 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2590, 35.9978, 9.4385)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA53B #3B42AC

analogous

#AC6C3B #ACA53B #7BAC3B

triadic

#ACA53B #3BACA5 #A53BAC

tetradic

#ACA53B #3BAC6C #3B42AC #AC3B7B

square

#ACA53B #3BAC6C #3B42AC #AC3B7B

split-complementary

#ACA53B #3B7BAC #6C3BAC

monochromatic

#514E1C #7E792B #ACA53B #C7C15D #D7D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ACA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA53B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA53B	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)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf76',
    500: '#aca53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca53b;
$custom-light: #c8bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70773,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA53B

secondary

#8185C1

accent

#58D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA53B

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

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