#ACA940#ACA940

#ACA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA940
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -12.32, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 54.25, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0382 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.126 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1277, 37.5177, 10.3988)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA940 #4043AC

analogous

#AC7340 #ACA940 #79AC40

triadic

#ACA940 #40ACA9 #A940AC

tetradic

#ACA940 #40AC73 #4043AC #AC4079

square

#ACA940 #40AC73 #4043AC #AC4079

split-complementary

#ACA940 #4079AC #7340AC

monochromatic

#53511F #7F7D2F #ACA940 #C5C364 #D6D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#ACA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA940

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA940	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c27a',
    500: '#aca940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca940;
$custom-light: #c7c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA940

secondary

#8788C1

accent

#56D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA940

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

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