#ACAA48#ACAA48

#ACAA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA48
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 58.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -12.27, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 51.13, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0372 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.12 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.5586, 37.9889, 11.7471)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA48 #484AAC

analogous

#AC7848 #ACAA48 #7CAC48

triadic

#ACAA48 #48ACAA #AA48AC

tetradic

#ACAA48 #48AC78 #484AAC #AC487C

square

#ACAA48 #48AC78 #484AAC #AC487C

split-complementary

#ACAA48 #487CAC #7848AC

monochromatic

#565524 #817F36 #ACAA48 #C3C16F #D5D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ACAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA48

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA48	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c37f',
    500: '#acaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa48;
$custom-light: #c7c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.37988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA48

secondary

#8F90C1

accent

#59D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA48

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

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