#ACA555#ACA555

#ACA555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA555
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -8.57, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 42.84, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0252 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.103 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1089, 36.3378, 13.9151)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA555 #555CAC

analogous

#AC7955 #ACA555 #88AC55

triadic

#ACA555 #55ACA5 #A555AC

tetradic

#ACA555 #55AC79 #555CAC #AC5588

square

#ACA555 #55AC79 #555CAC #AC5588

split-complementary

#ACA555 #5588AC #7955AC

monochromatic

#5A572C #847E40 #ACA555 #C0BB7E #D4D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ACA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#ACA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA555

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA555	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf87',
    500: '#aca555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca555;
$custom-light: #c6bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA555

secondary

#9B9EC2

accent

#66CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA555

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

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