#ACA542#ACA542

#ACA542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA542
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -10.10, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 51.77, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0317 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.12 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4528, 36.0753, 10.4596)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA542 #4249AC

analogous

#AC7042 #ACA542 #7EAC42

triadic

#ACA542 #42ACA5 #A542AC

tetradic

#ACA542 #42AC70 #4249AC #AC427E

square

#ACA542 #42AC70 #4249AC #AC427E

split-complementary

#ACA542 #427EAC #7042AC

monochromatic

#545020 #807B31 #ACA542 #C5BE67 #D6D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ACA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ACA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA542

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA542	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf7b',
    500: '#aca542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca542;
$custom-light: #c7bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA542

secondary

#898DC1

accent

#5CD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA542

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

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