#ACA679#ACA679

#ACA679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.062 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA679
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 29.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -5.03, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 24.66, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0122 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.062 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1009, 37.4243, 23.5127)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA679 #797FAC

analogous

#AC8C79 #ACA679 #99AC79

triadic

#ACA679 #79ACA6 #A679AC

tetradic

#ACA679 #79AC8C #797FAC #AC7999

square

#ACA679 #79AC8C #797FAC #AC7999

split-complementary

#ACA679 #7999AC #8C79AC

monochromatic

#696541 #8F8959 #ACA679 #C3BF9F #DBD8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ACA679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#ACA679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA679

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA679	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.062 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0a0',
    500: '#aca679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca679;
$custom-light: #c5c0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 23.502,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71888,
    "c": 0.06178,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA679

secondary

#B6B9CB

accent

#72C068

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA679

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

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