#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
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.31
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.33
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.21
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.26
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.62
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.71
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