#ACA826#ACA826

#ACA826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA826
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -13.16, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 63.58, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0432 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3670, 36.9169, 7.3068)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA826 #262AAC

analogous

#AC6526 #ACA826 #6DAC26

triadic

#ACA826 #26ACA8 #A826AC

tetradic

#ACA826 #26AC65 #262AAC #AC266D

square

#ACA826 #26AC65 #262AAC #AC266D

split-complementary

#ACA826 #266DAC #6526AC

monochromatic

#484610 #7A771B #ACA826 #D4CF3B #DFDB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ACA826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA826

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA826	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)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16c',
    500: '#aca826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca826;
$custom-light: #c9c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA826

secondary

#686BC5

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA826

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

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