#ACA837#ACA837

#ACA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA837
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -12.35, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 57.56, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0393 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.132 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7066, 37.0528, 9.0954)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA837 #373BAC

analogous

#AC6E37 #ACA837 #75AC37

triadic

#ACA837 #37ACA8 #A837AC

tetradic

#ACA837 #37AC6E #373BAC #AC3775

square

#ACA837 #37AC6E #373BAC #AC3775

split-complementary

#ACA837 #3775AC #6E37AC

monochromatic

#4F4D19 #7E7B28 #ACA837 #C9C557 #D8D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#ACA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA837

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA837	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c174',
    500: '#aca837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca837;
$custom-light: #c8c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA837

secondary

#7D7FC2

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA837

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

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