#ACA840#ACA840

#ACA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA840
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -11.80, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 53.84, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0367 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.125 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9424, 37.1471, 10.3370)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA840 #4044AC

analogous

#AC7240 #ACA840 #7AAC40

triadic

#ACA840 #40ACA8 #A840AC

tetradic

#ACA840 #40AC72 #4044AC #AC407A

square

#ACA840 #40AC72 #4044AC #AC407A

split-complementary

#ACA840 #407AAC #7240AC

monochromatic

#53511F #7F7C2F #ACA840 #C5C264 #D6D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ACA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#ACA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA840

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA840	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c17a',
    500: '#aca840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca840;
$custom-light: #c7c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA840

secondary

#8789C1

accent

#57D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA840

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

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