#ACC161#ACC161

#ACC161 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC161
RGB	rgb(172, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(73, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -21.75, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 50.48, 115.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0615 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.125 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2412, 47.7738, 18.5136)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC161 #7661C1

analogous

#C1A661 #ACC161 #7CC161

triadic

#ACC161 #61ACC1 #C161AC

tetradic

#ACC161 #61C1A6 #7661C1 #C1617C

square

#ACC161 #61C1A6 #7661C1 #C1617C

split-complementary

#ACC161 #617CC1 #A661C1

monochromatic

#68782F #8EA440 #ACC161 #C3D28D #DAE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ACC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#ACC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC161

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC161	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d390',
    500: '#acc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc161;
$custom-light: #c6d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77419,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC161

secondary

#B4ABD2

accent

#54D370

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F1

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC161

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

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