#ACA62E#ACA62E

#ACA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.136 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA62E
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -11.78, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 60.20, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0386 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.136 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1439, 36.2415, 7.9390)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA62E #2E34AC

analogous

#AC672E #ACA62E #73AC2E

triadic

#ACA62E #2EACA6 #A62EAC

tetradic

#ACA62E #2EAC67 #2E34AC #AC2E73

square

#ACA62E #2EAC67 #2E34AC #AC2E73

split-complementary

#ACA62E #2E73AC #672EAC

monochromatic

#4B4914 #7C7721 #ACA62E #CEC849 #DBD779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ACA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#ACA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA62E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA62E	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.136 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c070',
    500: '#aca62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca62e;
$custom-light: #c8c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70893,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA62E

secondary

#7276C3

accent

#4EE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA62E

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

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