#ACC23B#ACC23B

#ACC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.158 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC23B
RGB	rgb(172, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -25.19, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 66.94, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0748 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.158 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0952, 47.6703, 11.3839)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC23B #513BC2

analogous

#C2953B #ACC23B #68C23B

triadic

#ACC23B #3BACC2 #C23BAC

tetradic

#ACC23B #3BC295 #513BC2 #C23B68

square

#ACC23B #3BC295 #513BC2 #C23B68

split-complementary

#ACC23B #3B68C2 #953BC2

monochromatic

#59641E #82932D #ACC23B #C0D169 #D4E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ACC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#ACC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC23B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC23B	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)

#CFB725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.158 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d479',
    500: '#acc23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc23b;
$custom-light: #c8d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77255,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC23B

secondary

#988ECB

accent

#4BDD63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC23B

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

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