#ACAA52#ACAA52

#ACAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA52
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 52.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -11.46, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 46.47, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0338 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.111 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9118, 38.1302, 13.6072)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA52 #5254AC

analogous

#AC7D52 #ACAA52 #81AC52

triadic

#ACAA52 #52ACAA #AA52AC

tetradic

#ACAA52 #52AC7D #5254AC #AC5281

square

#ACAA52 #52AC7D #5254AC #AC5281

split-complementary

#ACAA52 #5281AC #7D52AC

monochromatic

#59582A #83813E #ACAA52 #C0BF7B #D4D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ACAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA52

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA52	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c385',
    500: '#acaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa52;
$custom-light: #c7c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA52

secondary

#9999C1

accent

#5FCB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA52

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

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