#ACC140#ACC140

#ACC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.153 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC140
RGB	rgb(172, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -24.41, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 64.64, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0721 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.153 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0094, 47.2811, 12.0260)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC140 #5540C1

analogous

#C19540 #ACC140 #6CC140

triadic

#ACC140 #40ACC1 #C140AC

tetradic

#ACC140 #40C195 #5540C1 #C1406C

square

#ACC140 #40C195 #5540C1 #C1406C

split-complementary

#ACC140 #406CC1 #9540C1

monochromatic

#5A6621 #849430 #ACC140 #C0D06E #D4DF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#ACC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#ACC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC140

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC140	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.153 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d37c',
    500: '#acc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc140;
$custom-light: #c8d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77067,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC140

secondary

#9B92CB

accent

#4DDA64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC140

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

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