#ACA577#ACA577

#ACA577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.063 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA577
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 30.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -4.76, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 25.26, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0115 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.063 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7984, 37.0136, 22.8131)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA577 #777EAC

analogous

#AC8B77 #ACA577 #99AC77

triadic

#ACA577 #77ACA5 #A577AC

tetradic

#ACA577 #77AC8B #777EAC #AC7799

square

#ACA577 #77AC8B #777EAC #AC7799

split-complementary

#ACA577 #7799AC #8B77AC

monochromatic

#696340 #8F8757 #ACA577 #C3BE9D #DAD7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#ACA577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA577

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA577	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.063 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf9e',
    500: '#aca577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca577;
$custom-light: #c5bf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 24.201,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71633,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA577

secondary

#B5B7CA

accent

#73C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA577

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

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