#ACAA56#ACAA56

#ACAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA56
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -11.10, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 44.54, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0323 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.107 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0685, 38.1928, 14.4323)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA56 #5658AC

analogous

#AC7F56 #ACAA56 #83AC56

triadic

#ACAA56 #56ACAA #AA56AC

tetradic

#ACAA56 #56AC7F #5658AC #AC5683

square

#ACAA56 #56AC7F #5658AC #AC5683

split-complementary

#ACAA56 #5683AC #7F56AC

monochromatic

#5B5A2D #848241 #ACAA56 #C0BF7F #D4D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ACAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA56

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA56	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)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c388',
    500: '#acaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa56;
$custom-light: #c6c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA56

secondary

#9C9DC2

accent

#60CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA56

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

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