#ACA82A#ACA82A

#ACA82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA82A
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -13.00, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 62.30, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0424 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4351, 36.9442, 7.6651)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA82A #2A2EAC

analogous

#AC672A #ACA82A #6FAC2A

triadic

#ACA82A #2AACA8 #A82AAC

tetradic

#ACA82A #2AAC67 #2A2EAC #AC2A6F

square

#ACA82A #2AAC67 #2A2EAC #AC2A6F

split-complementary

#ACA82A #2A6FAC #672AAC

monochromatic

#4A4812 #7B781E #ACA82A #D1CD42 #DDDA73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ACA82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA82A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA82A	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c16e',
    500: '#aca82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca82a;
$custom-light: #c8c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA82A

secondary

#6D70C4

accent

#49E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA82A

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

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