#ACAA55#ACAA55

#ACAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA55
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -11.20, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 45.03, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0327 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.108 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0285, 38.1768, 14.2216)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA55 #5557AC

analogous

#AC7F55 #ACAA55 #82AC55

triadic

#ACAA55 #55ACAA #AA55AC

tetradic

#ACAA55 #55AC7F #5557AC #AC5582

square

#ACAA55 #55AC7F #5557AC #AC5582

split-complementary

#ACAA55 #5582AC #7F55AC

monochromatic

#5A592C #848240 #ACAA55 #C0BF7E #D4D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ACAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA55

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA55	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c387',
    500: '#acaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa55;
$custom-light: #c7c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA55

secondary

#9B9CC2

accent

#60CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA55

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

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