#ACA72D#ACA72D

#ACA72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA72D
RGB	rgb(172, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -12.34, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 60.92, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0403 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(31.3069, 36.5986, 7.8972)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA72D #2D32AC

analogous

#AC682D #ACA72D #71AC2D

triadic

#ACA72D #2DACA7 #A72DAC

tetradic

#ACA72D #2DAC68 #2D32AC #AC2D71

square

#ACA72D #2DAC68 #2D32AC #AC2D71

split-complementary

#ACA72D #2D71AC #682DAC

monochromatic

#4B4914 #7B7820 #ACA72D #CFCA47 #DCD878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ACA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA72D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA72D	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c06f',
    500: '#aca72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca72d;
$custom-light: #c8c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71107,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.36598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA72D

secondary

#7174C4

accent

#4CE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA72D

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

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