#ACA951#ACA951

#ACA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA951
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -11.03, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 46.51, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0326 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.111 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6873, 37.7416, 13.3460)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA951 #5154AC

analogous

#AC7C51 #ACA951 #82AC51

triadic

#ACA951 #51ACA9 #A951AC

tetradic

#ACA951 #51AC7C #5154AC #AC5182

square

#ACA951 #51AC7C #5154AC #AC5182

split-complementary

#ACA951 #5182AC #7C51AC

monochromatic

#59572A #82803D #ACA951 #C0BE7A #D4D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ACA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA951

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA951	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c284',
    500: '#aca951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca951;
$custom-light: #c7c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA951

secondary

#9899C1

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA951

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

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