#AACD38#AACD38

#AACD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.173 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AACD38
RGB	rgb(170, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -31.41, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 73.05, 115.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0921 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.173 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1233, 52.4941, 11.8119)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AACD38 #5B38CD

analogous

#CDA538 #AACD38 #5FCD38

triadic

#AACD38 #38AACD #CD38AA

tetradic

#AACD38 #38CDA5 #5B38CD #CD385F

square

#AACD38 #38CDA5 #5B38CD #CD385F

split-complementary

#AACD38 #385FCD #A538CD

monochromatic

#5B6F1C #84A028 #AACD38 #BFD969 #D4E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#AACD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#AACD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AACD38

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AACD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AACD38	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aacd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.173 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dc79',
    500: '#aacd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aacd38;
$custom-light: #c7dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aacd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.094,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AACD38

secondary

#423178

accent

#45E36A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AACD38

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

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