#ACA987#ACA987

#ACA987 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.047 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA987
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 21.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -4.65, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 18.57, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0109 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.047 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5743, 38.8964, 28.5507)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA987 #878AAC

analogous

#AC9687 #ACA987 #9CAC87

triadic

#ACA987 #87ACA9 #A987AC

tetradic

#ACA987 #87AC96 #878AAC #AC879C

square

#ACA987 #87AC96 #878AAC #AC879C

split-complementary

#ACA987 #879CAC #9687AC

monochromatic

#6D6A4B #918E64 #ACA987 #C5C3AB #DEDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ACA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA987

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA987	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.047 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2aa',
    500: '#aca987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca987;
$custom-light: #c5c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 18.227,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.04714,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA987

secondary

#C0C1CE

accent

#509D49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA987

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

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