#ACA997#ACA997

#ACA997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.025 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA997
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -2.11, 9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 9.91, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0041 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.025 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7866, 39.3813, 34.9356)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA997 #979AAC

analogous

#AC9E97 #ACA997 #A4AC97

triadic

#ACA997 #97ACA9 #A997AC

tetradic

#ACA997 #97AC9E #979AAC #AC97A4

square

#ACA997 #97AC9E #979AAC #AC97A4

split-complementary

#ACA997 #97A4AC #9E97AC

monochromatic

#706C59 #918D75 #ACA997 #C7C5B9 #E2E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA997

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA997	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.025 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2b5',
    500: '#aca997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca997;
$custom-light: #c4c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 11.23,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.02549,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA997

secondary

#CCCDD3

accent

#5A9550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA997

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

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