#ACAA61#ACAA61

#ACAA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.095 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA61
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 43.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -10.02, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 39.07, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0281 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.095 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5463, 38.3840, 16.9486)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA61 #6163AC

analogous

#AC8461 #ACAA61 #88AC61

triadic

#ACAA61 #61ACAA #AA61AC

tetradic

#ACAA61 #61AC84 #6163AC #AC6188

square

#ACAA61 #61AC84 #6163AC #AC6188

split-complementary

#ACAA61 #6188AC #8461AC

monochromatic

#605F32 #888748 #ACAA61 #C1C089 #D6D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA61

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA61	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.095 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c38f',
    500: '#acaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa61;
$custom-light: #c6c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA61

secondary

#A4A5C5

accent

#63C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA61

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

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