#ACC12A#ACC12A

#ACC12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.166 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC12A
RGB	rgb(172, 193, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 78.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -25.53, 67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 72.01, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0771 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.166 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5020, 47.0782, 9.3541)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC12A #3F2AC1

analogous

#C18A2A #ACC12A #61C12A

triadic

#ACC12A #2AACC1 #C12AAC

tetradic

#ACC12A #2AC18A #3F2AC1 #C12A61

square

#ACC12A #2AC18A #3F2AC1 #C12A61

split-complementary

#ACC12A #2A61C1 #8A2AC1

monochromatic

#525C14 #7F8F1F #ACC12A #C6D94F #D6E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ACC12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#ACC12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC12A

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC12A	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 193, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.166 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d371',
    500: '#acc12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc12a;
$custom-light: #c9d371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.344,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76921,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC12A

secondary

#867ACD

accent

#41E758

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC12A

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

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