#ACAA3A#ACAA3A

#ACAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA3A
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -13.22, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 57.15, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0414 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.132 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1528, 37.8266, 9.6097)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA3A #3A3CAC

analogous

#AC713A #ACAA3A #75AC3A

triadic

#ACAA3A #3AACAA #AA3AAC

tetradic

#ACAA3A #3AAC71 #3A3CAC #AC3A75

square

#ACAA3A #3AAC71 #3A3CAC #AC3A75

split-complementary

#ACAA3A #3A75AC #713AAC

monochromatic

#50501B #7E7D2B #ACAA3A #C8C65B #D7D689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#ACAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA3A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA3A	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c376',
    500: '#acaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa3a;
$custom-light: #c8c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71866,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA3A

secondary

#8081C2

accent

#51D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA3A

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

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