#ACA759#ACA759

#ACA759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA759
RGB	rgb(172, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -9.25, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 41.73, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0267 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.101 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6359, 37.1303, 14.8970)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA759 #595EAC

analogous

#AC7D59 #ACA759 #87AC59

triadic

#ACA759 #59ACA7 #A759AC

tetradic

#ACA759 #59AC7D #595EAC #AC5987

square

#ACA759 #59AC7D #595EAC #AC5987

split-complementary

#ACA759 #5987AC #7D59AC

monochromatic

#5C5A2E #858143 #ACA759 #C0BD82 #D5D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ACA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#ACA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA759

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA759	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c18a',
    500: '#aca759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca759;
$custom-light: #c6c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA759

secondary

#9EA0C3

accent

#65C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA759

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →