#ACAA51#ACAA51

#ACAA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA51
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 52.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -11.55, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 46.95, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0341 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.112 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8740, 38.1151, 13.4082)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA51 #5153AC

analogous

#AC7C51 #ACAA51 #81AC51

triadic

#ACAA51 #51ACAA #AA51AC

tetradic

#ACAA51 #51AC7C #5153AC #AC5181

square

#ACAA51 #51AC7C #5153AC #AC5181

split-complementary

#ACAA51 #5181AC #7C51AC

monochromatic

#59582A #82813D #ACAA51 #C0BF7A #D4D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ACAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA51

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA51	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c384',
    500: '#acaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa51;
$custom-light: #c7c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72104,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA51

secondary

#9899C1

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA51

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

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