#ACA85B#ACA85B

#ACA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA85B
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 47.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -9.58, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 41.18, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0275 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.1 106)
XYZ	xyz(32.9050, 37.5321, 15.4066)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA85B #5B5FAC

analogous

#AC805B #ACA85B #88AC5B

triadic

#ACA85B #5BACA8 #A85BAC

tetradic

#ACA85B #5BAC80 #5B5FAC #AC5B88

square

#ACA85B #5BAC80 #5B5FAC #AC5B88

split-complementary

#ACA85B #5B88AC #805BAC

monochromatic

#5D5B2F #868344 #ACA85B #C1BE84 #D5D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ACA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA85B

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA85B	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c18b',
    500: '#aca85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca85b;
$custom-light: #c6c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.718,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.37531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA85B

secondary

#A0A1C3

accent

#64C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA85B

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

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