#ACA571#ACA571

#ACA571 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.071 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA571
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 34.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -5.54, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 28.45, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.014 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.071 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4494, 36.8740, 20.9749)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA571 #7178AC

analogous

#AC8771 #ACA571 #95AC71

triadic

#ACA571 #71ACA5 #A571AC

tetradic

#ACA571 #71AC87 #7178AC #AC7195

square

#ACA571 #71AC87 #7178AC #AC7195

split-complementary

#ACA571 #7195AC #8771AC

monochromatic

#67623C #8D8653 #ACA571 #C3BD98 #D9D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ACA571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA571

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA571	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.071 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf9a',
    500: '#aca571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca571;
$custom-light: #c5bf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71516,
    "c": 0.07067,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA571

secondary

#B0B3C9

accent

#70C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA571

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

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