#ACA541#ACA541

#ACA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA541
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -10.16, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 52.21, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.032 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.121 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4236, 36.0637, 10.3057)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA541 #4148AC

analogous

#AC7041 #ACA541 #7EAC41

triadic

#ACA541 #41ACA5 #A541AC

tetradic

#ACA541 #41AC70 #4148AC #AC417E

square

#ACA541 #41AC70 #4148AC #AC417E

split-complementary

#ACA541 #417EAC #7041AC

monochromatic

#53501F #807A30 #ACA541 #C5BF65 #D6D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ACA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA541

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA541	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)

#B39F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf7a',
    500: '#aca541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca541;
$custom-light: #c7bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA541

secondary

#888CC1

accent

#5BD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA541

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

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