#ACA83A#ACA83A
#ACA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ACA83A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(172, 168, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 50%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 66%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 66.3%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.34, -12.18, 55.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.34, 56.36, 102.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.43% -0.0385 0.1239) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.43% 0.13 107.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.7807, 37.0824, 9.4857) |
| Luminance | 0.3708 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.34
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.73
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.89
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 6.09
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.21
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 6.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ACA83A #3A3EAC
analogous
#AC6F3A #ACA83A #77AC3A
triadic
#ACA83A #3AACA8 #A83AAC
tetradic
#ACA83A #3AAC6F #3A3EAC #AC3A77
square
#ACA83A #3AAC6F #3A3EAC #AC3A77
split-complementary
#ACA83A #3A77AC #6F3AAC
monochromatic
#504F1B #7E7B2B #ACA83A #C8C45B #D7D589
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#ACA83A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.42
#ACA83A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ACA83A
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ACA83A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ACA83A | 1.00 | 2.50 | 8.42 | 8.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A22B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A641
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B89D92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aca83a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 107.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8c176',
500: '#aca83a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aca83a; $custom-light: #c8c176; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aca83a",
"rgb": {
"r": 172,
"g": 168,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.895,
"s": 49.565,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71425,
"c": 0.12977,
"h": 107.2
},
"luminance": 0.37081
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ACA83A
secondary
#8083C2
accent
#54D94F
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F7ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B