#ACA62C#ACA62C

#ACA62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA62C
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -11.87, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 60.90, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.039 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1054, 36.2261, 7.7362)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA62C #2C32AC

analogous

#AC662C #ACA62C #72AC2C

triadic

#ACA62C #2CACA6 #A62CAC

tetradic

#ACA62C #2CAC66 #2C32AC #AC2C72

square

#ACA62C #2CAC66 #2C32AC #AC2C72

split-complementary

#ACA62C #2C72AC #662CAC

monochromatic

#4B4813 #7B7720 #ACA62C #D0C946 #DCD776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ACA62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ACA62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA62C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA62C	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)

#B4A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c06f',
    500: '#aca62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca62c;
$custom-light: #c8c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA62C

secondary

#7074C4

accent

#4DE245

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA62C

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

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