#ACAA49#ACAA49

#ACAA49 is a light, moderate 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	#ACAA49
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -12.20, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 50.68, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0369 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.12 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.5915, 38.0021, 11.9203)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA49 #494BAC

analogous

#AC7849 #ACAA49 #7CAC49

triadic

#ACAA49 #49ACAA #AA49AC

tetradic

#ACAA49 #49AC78 #494BAC #AC497C

square

#ACAA49 #49AC78 #494BAC #AC497C

split-complementary

#ACAA49 #497CAC #7849AC

monochromatic

#565525 #818037 #ACAA49 #C2C170 #D5D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ACAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA49

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA49	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)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c37f',
    500: '#acaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa49;
$custom-light: #c7c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA49

secondary

#9091C1

accent

#5AD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA49

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

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