#ACA657#ACA657

#ACA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA657
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 49.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -8.91, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 42.29, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0259 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.102 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3706, 36.7322, 14.3998)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA657 #575DAC

analogous

#AC7B57 #ACA657 #87AC57

triadic

#ACA657 #57ACA6 #A657AC

tetradic

#ACA657 #57AC7B #575DAC #AC5787

square

#ACA657 #57AC7B #575DAC #AC5787

split-complementary

#ACA657 #5787AC #7B57AC

monochromatic

#5B582D #848041 #ACA657 #C0BC80 #D4D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#ACA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA657

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA657	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c088',
    500: '#aca657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca657;
$custom-light: #c6c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA657

secondary

#9D9FC2

accent

#65CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA657

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

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