#ACC138#ACC138

#ACC138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.158 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC138
RGB	rgb(172, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -24.87, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 67.56, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0742 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.158 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7978, 47.1965, 10.9119)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC138 #4D38C1

analogous

#C19238 #ACC138 #68C138

triadic

#ACC138 #38ACC1 #C138AC

tetradic

#ACC138 #38C192 #4D38C1 #C13868

square

#ACC138 #38C192 #4D38C1 #C13868

split-complementary

#ACC138 #3868C1 #9238C1

monochromatic

#57621C #82922A #ACC138 #C1D264 #D4E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#ACC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#ACC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC138

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC138	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.158 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d378',
    500: '#acc138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc138;
$custom-light: #c8d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.197,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77006,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC138

secondary

#948ACB

accent

#49DE60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC138

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

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