#ACAA57#ACAA57

#ACAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA57
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 49.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -11.01, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 44.05, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.032 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.106 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1091, 38.2091, 14.6460)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA57 #5759AC

analogous

#AC7F57 #ACAA57 #83AC57

triadic

#ACAA57 #57ACAA #AA57AC

tetradic

#ACAA57 #57AC7F #5759AC #AC5783

square

#ACAA57 #57AC7F #5759AC #AC5783

split-complementary

#ACAA57 #5783AC #7F57AC

monochromatic

#5B5A2D #848341 #ACAA57 #C0BF80 #D4D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ACAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA57

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA57	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)

#B6A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c388',
    500: '#acaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa57;
$custom-light: #c6c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.588,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA57

secondary

#9D9DC2

accent

#60CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA57

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

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