#ACA62A#ACA62A

#ACA62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.138 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA62A
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -11.96, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 61.58, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0395 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.138 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0687, 36.2114, 7.5430)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA62A #2A30AC

analogous

#AC652A #ACA62A #71AC2A

triadic

#ACA62A #2AACA6 #A62AAC

tetradic

#ACA62A #2AAC65 #2A30AC #AC2A71

square

#ACA62A #2AAC65 #2A30AC #AC2A71

split-complementary

#ACA62A #2A71AC #652AAC

monochromatic

#4A4712 #7B771E #ACA62A #D1CA42 #DDD873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ACA62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ACA62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA62A

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA62A	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.138 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c06e',
    500: '#aca62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca62a;
$custom-light: #c8c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA62A

secondary

#6D71C4

accent

#4BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA62A

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

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