#ACA636#ACA636

#ACA636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA636
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -11.37, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 57.20, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0366 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3165, 36.3105, 8.8483)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA636 #363CAC

analogous

#AC6B36 #ACA636 #77AC36

triadic

#ACA636 #36ACA6 #A636AC

tetradic

#ACA636 #36AC6B #363CAC #AC3677

square

#ACA636 #36AC6B #363CAC #AC3677

split-complementary

#ACA636 #3677AC #6B36AC

monochromatic

#4F4C19 #7D7927 #ACA636 #CAC455 #D8D484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ACA636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ACA636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA636

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA636	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c074',
    500: '#aca636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca636;
$custom-light: #c8c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA636

secondary

#7C7FC2

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA636

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

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