#ACA685#ACA685

#ACA685 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.046 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA685
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 22.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -3.34, 17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 18.21, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0071 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.046 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8831, 37.7371, 27.6321)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA685 #858BAC

analogous

#AC9385 #ACA685 #9FAC85

triadic

#ACA685 #85ACA6 #A685AC

tetradic

#ACA685 #85AC93 #858BAC #AC859F

square

#ACA685 #85AC93 #858BAC #AC859F

split-complementary

#ACA685 #859FAC #9385AC

monochromatic

#6D674A #918A63 #ACA685 #C5C1A9 #DEDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACA685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ACA685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA685

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA685	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.046 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0a8',
    500: '#aca685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca685;
$custom-light: #c5c0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 19.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA685

secondary

#BFC1CE

accent

#78BC6C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA685

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

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