#aca23b

Color #aca23b

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 14.86 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 16.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aca23b

RGB

rgb(172, 162, 59)

HSL

hsl(54.7, 48.9%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54.7, 65.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(65.69, -8.97, 52.9)

LCH

lch(65.69, 53.66, 99.62)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.1231, 103.77)

HWB

hwb(54.7, 23.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b45ac

Analogous

#ac6a3b

#aca23b

#7dac3b

Triadic

#aca23b

#3baca2

#a23bac

Split-complementary

#aca23b

#3b7dac

#6a3bac

Tetradic

#aca23b

#45ac3b

#3b45ac

#a23bac

Square

#aca23b

#3bac6a

#3b45ac

#ac3b7d

Shades

Color #aca23b mixed toward black.

#8f8731

#736c27

#56511e

#393614

#1d1b0a

Tints

Color #aca23b mixed toward white.

#c4ba52

#cfc775

#dbd597

#e7e3ba

#f3f1dc

Tones

Color #aca23b mixed toward gray.

#a39a44

#99934e

#908b57

#868361

#7d7b6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a861 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a968 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#ac767a · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aca23b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aca23b]

Related colors

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#aca23b (#aca23b) is rgb(172, 162, 59) in RGB.

No, #aca23b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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