#ACA72A#ACA72A

#ACA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.139 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA72A
RGB	rgb(172, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -12.48, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 61.94, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0409 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2512, 36.5764, 7.6038)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA72A #2A2FAC

analogous

#AC662A #ACA72A #70AC2A

triadic

#ACA72A #2AACA7 #A72AAC

tetradic

#ACA72A #2AAC66 #2A2FAC #AC2A70

square

#ACA72A #2AAC66 #2A2FAC #AC2A70

split-complementary

#ACA72A #2A70AC #662AAC

monochromatic

#4A4712 #7B771E #ACA72A #D1CB42 #DDD973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ACA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ACA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA72A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA72A	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c06e',
    500: '#aca72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca72a;
$custom-light: #c8c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71088,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA72A

secondary

#6D71C4

accent

#4AE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA72A

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

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