#ACC042#ACC042

#ACC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.150 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC042
RGB	rgb(172, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -23.79, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 63.41, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0702 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.15 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8470, 46.8636, 12.2577)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC042 #5642C0

analogous

#C09542 #ACC042 #6DC042

triadic

#ACC042 #42ACC0 #C042AC

tetradic

#ACC042 #42C095 #5642C0 #C0426D

square

#ACC042 #42C095 #5642C0 #C0426D

split-complementary

#ACC042 #426DC0 #9542C0

monochromatic

#5B6622 #849431 #ACC042 #C0CF70 #D4DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ACC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#ACC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC042

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC042	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.150 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d37d',
    500: '#acc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc042;
$custom-light: #c8d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC042

secondary

#9C93CB

accent

#4EDA64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC042

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

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