#ACC231#ACC231

#ACC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.164 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC231
RGB	rgb(172, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -25.71, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 70.33, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0771 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.164 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8603, 47.5763, 10.1465)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC231 #4731C2

analogous

#C28F31 #ACC231 #64C231

triadic

#ACC231 #31ACC2 #C231AC

tetradic

#ACC231 #31C28F #4731C2 #C23164

square

#ACC231 #31C28F #4731C2 #C23164

split-complementary

#ACC231 #3164C2 #8F31C2

monochromatic

#556018 #819125 #ACC231 #C3D65B #D5E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#ACC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#ACC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC231

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC231	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.164 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d474',
    500: '#acc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc231;
$custom-light: #c8d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.103,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC231

secondary

#8E83CC

accent

#45E35D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC231

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

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