#ACA53E#ACA53E

#ACA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA53E
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -10.36, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 53.52, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0329 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.124 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3390, 36.0298, 9.8601)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA53E #3E45AC

analogous

#AC6E3E #ACA53E #7CAC3E

triadic

#ACA53E #3EACA5 #A53EAC

tetradic

#ACA53E #3EAC6E #3E45AC #AC3E7C

square

#ACA53E #3EAC6E #3E45AC #AC3E7C

split-complementary

#ACA53E #3E7CAC #6E3EAC

monochromatic

#524F1E #7F7A2E #ACA53E #C6C061 #D6D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ACA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA53E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA53E	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf78',
    500: '#aca53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca53e;
$custom-light: #c8bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70801,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA53E

secondary

#8588C1

accent

#5AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA53E

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

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