#ACC040#ACC040

#ACC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.152 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC040
RGB	rgb(172, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -23.92, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 64.18, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0708 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.152 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7891, 46.8405, 11.9526)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC040 #5440C0

analogous

#C09440 #ACC040 #6CC040

triadic

#ACC040 #40ACC0 #C040AC

tetradic

#ACC040 #40C094 #5440C0 #C0406C

square

#ACC040 #40C094 #5440C0 #C0406C

split-complementary

#ACC040 #406CC0 #9440C0

monochromatic

#5A6421 #839230 #ACC040 #C0CF6E #D4DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#ACC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#ACC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC040

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC040	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.152 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d37c',
    500: '#acc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc040;
$custom-light: #c8d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7684,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC040

secondary

#9A91CB

accent

#4EDA64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC040

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

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