#ACA824#ACA824

#ACA824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA824
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -13.23, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 64.18, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0435 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3356, 36.9044, 7.1414)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA824 #2428AC

analogous

#AC6424 #ACA824 #6CAC24

triadic

#ACA824 #24ACA8 #A824AC

tetradic

#ACA824 #24AC64 #2428AC #AC246C

square

#ACA824 #24AC64 #2428AC #AC246C

split-complementary

#ACA824 #246CAC #6424AC

monochromatic

#47450F #797719 #ACA824 #D5D138 #E0DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ACA824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA824

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA824	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)

#B9A630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16b',
    500: '#aca824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca824;
$custom-light: #c9c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71275,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA824

secondary

#6669C6

accent

#44E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA824

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

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