#ACAA2A#ACAA2A

#ACAA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA2A
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -14.03, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 63.02, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0453 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8071, 37.6883, 7.7891)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA2A #2A2CAC

analogous

#AC692A #ACAA2A #6DAC2A

triadic

#ACAA2A #2AACAA #AA2AAC

tetradic

#ACAA2A #2AAC69 #2A2CAC #AC2A6D

square

#ACAA2A #2AAC69 #2A2CAC #AC2A6D

split-complementary

#ACAA2A #2A6DAC #692AAC

monochromatic

#4A4912 #7B791E #ACAA2A #D1CF42 #DDDB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ACAA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA2A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA2A	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36e',
    500: '#acaa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa2a;
$custom-light: #c8c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA2A

secondary

#6D6FC4

accent

#46E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA2A

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

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