#ACA823#ACA823

#ACA823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA823
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -13.27, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 64.47, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0437 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3205, 36.8984, 7.0620)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA823 #2327AC

analogous

#AC6323 #ACA823 #6BAC23

triadic

#ACA823 #23ACA8 #A823AC

tetradic

#ACA823 #23AC63 #2327AC #AC236B

square

#ACA823 #23AC63 #2327AC #AC236B

split-complementary

#ACA823 #236BAC #6323AC

monochromatic

#46450E #797619 #ACA823 #D6D136 #E0DD69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ACA823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA823

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA823	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16b',
    500: '#aca823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca823;
$custom-light: #c9c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA823

secondary

#6467C6

accent

#44E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA823

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

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