#ACA656#ACA656

#ACA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA656
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 50%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -9.00, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 42.78, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0263 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.103 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3300, 36.7159, 14.1861)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA656 #565CAC

analogous

#AC7B56 #ACA656 #87AC56

triadic

#ACA656 #56ACA6 #A656AC

tetradic

#ACA656 #56AC7B #565CAC #AC5687

square

#ACA656 #56AC7B #565CAC #AC5687

split-complementary

#ACA656 #5687AC #7B56AC

monochromatic

#5B582D #847F41 #ACA656 #C0BC7F #D4D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#ACA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA656

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA656	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c088',
    500: '#aca656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca656;
$custom-light: #c6c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71294,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA656

secondary

#9C9EC2

accent

#65CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA656

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

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