#ACA545#ACA545

#ACA545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA545
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -9.88, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 50.43, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0307 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.118 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5436, 36.1117, 10.9377)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA545 #454CAC

analogous

#AC7145 #ACA545 #80AC45

triadic

#ACA545 #45ACA5 #A545AC

tetradic

#ACA545 #45AC71 #454CAC #AC4580

square

#ACA545 #45AC71 #454CAC #AC4580

split-complementary

#ACA545 #4580AC #7145AC

monochromatic

#555122 #807B33 #ACA545 #C4BD6B #D5D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ACA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ACA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA545

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA545	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf7c',
    500: '#aca545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca545;
$custom-light: #c7bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7087,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA545

secondary

#8C8FC1

accent

#5ED355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA545

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

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