#ACA540#ACA540

#ACA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA540
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -10.23, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 52.65, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0323 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.122 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3949, 36.0522, 10.1545)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA540 #4047AC

analogous

#AC6F40 #ACA540 #7DAC40

triadic

#ACA540 #40ACA5 #A540AC

tetradic

#ACA540 #40AC6F #4047AC #AC407D

square

#ACA540 #40AC6F #4047AC #AC407D

split-complementary

#ACA540 #407DAC #6F40AC

monochromatic

#534F1F #7F7A2F #ACA540 #C5BF64 #D6D191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ACA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA540

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA540	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)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf79',
    500: '#aca540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca540;
$custom-light: #c7bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA540

secondary

#878BC1

accent

#5BD552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA540

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

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