#ACC238#ACC238

#ACC238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.160 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC238
RGB	rgb(172, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -25.36, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 68.00, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0755 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.16 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0196, 47.6401, 10.9859)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC238 #4E38C2

analogous

#C29338 #ACC238 #67C238

triadic

#ACC238 #38ACC2 #C238AC

tetradic

#ACC238 #38C293 #4E38C2 #C23867

square

#ACC238 #38C293 #4E38C2 #C23867

split-complementary

#ACC238 #3867C2 #9338C2

monochromatic

#58631D #82932A #ACC238 #C1D265 #D4E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ACC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#ACC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC238

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC238	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.160 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d478',
    500: '#acc238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc238;
$custom-light: #c8d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.15958,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC238

secondary

#958ACB

accent

#49DF61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC238

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

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