#ACA72C#ACA72C

#ACA72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA72C
RGB	rgb(172, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -12.39, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 61.26, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0405 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2878, 36.5910, 7.7971)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA72C #2C31AC

analogous

#AC672C #ACA72C #71AC2C

triadic

#ACA72C #2CACA7 #A72CAC

tetradic

#ACA72C #2CAC67 #2C31AC #AC2C71

square

#ACA72C #2CAC67 #2C31AC #AC2C71

split-complementary

#ACA72C #2C71AC #672CAC

monochromatic

#4B4813 #7B7820 #ACA72C #D0CA46 #DCD876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ACA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA72C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA72C	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c06f',
    500: '#aca72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca72c;
$custom-light: #c8c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.711,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA72C

secondary

#7073C4

accent

#4BE245

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA72C

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

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