#ACA740#ACA740

#ACA740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA740
RGB	rgb(172, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -11.28, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 53.44, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0353 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.124 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7585, 36.7793, 10.2757)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA740 #4045AC

analogous

#AC7140 #ACA740 #7BAC40

triadic

#ACA740 #40ACA7 #A740AC

tetradic

#ACA740 #40AC71 #4045AC #AC407B

square

#ACA740 #40AC71 #4045AC #AC407B

split-complementary

#ACA740 #407BAC #7140AC

monochromatic

#53501F #7F7C2F #ACA740 #C5C164 #D6D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#ACA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA740

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA740	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c07a',
    500: '#aca740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca740;
$custom-light: #c7c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71259,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA740

secondary

#8789C1

accent

#58D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA740

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

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