#ACC12D#ACC12D

#ACC12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.165 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC12D
RGB	rgb(172, 193, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 76.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -25.40, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 71.14, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0766 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.165 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5578, 47.1004, 9.6475)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC12D #422DC1

analogous

#C18C2D #ACC12D #62C12D

triadic

#ACC12D #2DACC1 #C12DAC

tetradic

#ACC12D #2DC18C #422DC1 #C12D62

square

#ACC12D #2DC18C #422DC1 #C12D62

split-complementary

#ACC12D #2D62C1 #8C2DC1

monochromatic

#545E16 #808F21 #ACC12D #C5D754 #D6E386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ACC12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#ACC12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC12D

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC12D	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)

#CEB601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.165 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d372',
    500: '#acc12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc12d;
$custom-light: #c8d372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.514,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76937,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC12D

secondary

#897ECC

accent

#43E55A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC12D

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

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