#ACA738#ACA738

#ACA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA738
RGB	rgb(172, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -11.78, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 56.78, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0375 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.13 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5469, 36.6947, 9.1616)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA738 #383DAC

analogous

#AC6D38 #ACA738 #77AC38

triadic

#ACA738 #38ACA7 #A738AC

tetradic

#ACA738 #38AC6D #383DAC #AC3877

square

#ACA738 #38AC6D #383DAC #AC3877

split-complementary

#ACA738 #3877AC #6D38AC

monochromatic

#504D1A #7E7A29 #ACA738 #C9C458 #D8D487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#ACA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA738

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA738	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c075',
    500: '#aca738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca738;
$custom-light: #c8c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA738

secondary

#7E81C2

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA738

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

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