#ACAA59#ACAA59

#ACAA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.104 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA59
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -10.82, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 43.07, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0312 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.104 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1919, 38.2422, 15.0823)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA59 #595BAC

analogous

#AC8059 #ACAA59 #84AC59

triadic

#ACAA59 #59ACAA #AA59AC

tetradic

#ACAA59 #59AC80 #595BAC #AC5984

square

#ACAA59 #59AC80 #595BAC #AC5984

split-complementary

#ACAA59 #5984AC #8059AC

monochromatic

#5C5B2E #858443 #ACAA59 #C0BF82 #D5D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ACAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA59

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA59	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.104 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c38a',
    500: '#acaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa59;
$custom-light: #c6c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72209,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA59

secondary

#9E9FC3

accent

#61C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA59

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

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