#ACA581#ACA581

#ACA581 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.050 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA581
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 25%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -3.38, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 19.91, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0073 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.05 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4309, 37.2666, 26.1440)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA581 #8188AC

analogous

#AC9081 #ACA581 #9EAC81

triadic

#ACA581 #81ACA5 #A581AC

tetradic

#ACA581 #81AC90 #8188AC #AC819E

square

#ACA581 #81AC90 #8188AC #AC819E

split-complementary

#ACA581 #819EAC #9081AC

monochromatic

#6C6647 #91895F #ACA581 #C4BFA6 #DDDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ACA581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ACA581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA581

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA581	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.050 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfa5',
    500: '#aca581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca581;
$custom-light: #c5bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 20.574,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71845,
    "c": 0.05033,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA581

secondary

#BCBFCD

accent

#78BD6B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA581

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

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