#ACA950#ACA950

#ACA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA950
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -11.11, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 46.99, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.033 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.112 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6501, 37.7267, 13.1499)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA950 #5053AC

analogous

#AC7B50 #ACA950 #81AC50

triadic

#ACA950 #50ACA9 #A950AC

tetradic

#ACA950 #50AC7B #5053AC #AC5081

square

#ACA950 #50AC7B #5053AC #AC5081

split-complementary

#ACA950 #5081AC #7B50AC

monochromatic

#585729 #82803D #ACA950 #C1BE79 #D4D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ACA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA950

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA950	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c284',
    500: '#aca950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca950;
$custom-light: #c7c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.043,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71872,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA950

secondary

#9798C1

accent

#5FCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA950

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

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