#ACA825#ACA825

#ACA825 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	#ACA825
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -13.20, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 63.88, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0434 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3511, 36.9106, 7.2229)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA825 #2529AC

analogous

#AC6425 #ACA825 #6CAC25

triadic

#ACA825 #25ACA8 #A825AC

tetradic

#ACA825 #25AC64 #2529AC #AC256C

square

#ACA825 #25AC64 #2529AC #AC256C

split-complementary

#ACA825 #256CAC #6425AC

monochromatic

#47460F #7A771A #ACA825 #D5D03A #DFDC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ACA825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA825

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA825	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)

#B99D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16c',
    500: '#aca825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca825;
$custom-light: #c9c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA825

secondary

#676AC6

accent

#45E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA825

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

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