#ACA855#ACA855

#ACA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.106 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA855
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -10.15, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 44.14, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0297 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.106 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6564, 37.4327, 14.0976)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA855 #5559AC

analogous

#AC7C55 #ACA855 #85AC55

triadic

#ACA855 #55ACA8 #A855AC

tetradic

#ACA855 #55AC7C #5559AC #AC5585

square

#ACA855 #55AC7C #5559AC #AC5585

split-complementary

#ACA855 #5585AC #7C55AC

monochromatic

#5A582C #848040 #ACA855 #C0BD7E #D4D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#ACA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA855

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA855	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.106 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c187',
    500: '#aca855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca855;
$custom-light: #c6c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.241,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA855

secondary

#9B9DC2

accent

#62CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA855

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

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