#ACC255#ACC255

#ACC255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC255
RGB	rgb(172, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -23.35, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 56.43, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0671 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.137 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9452, 48.0103, 15.8605)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC255 #6B55C2

analogous

#C2A255 #ACC255 #76C255

triadic

#ACC255 #55ACC2 #C255AC

tetradic

#ACC255 #55C2A2 #6B55C2 #C25576

square

#ACC255 #55C2A2 #6B55C2 #C25576

split-complementary

#ACC255 #5576C2 #A255C2

monochromatic

#647329 #8CA03A #ACC255 #C2D282 #D8E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ACC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#ACC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC255

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC255	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d488',
    500: '#acc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc255;
$custom-light: #c7d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.11,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC255

secondary

#ACA2D0

accent

#51D76C

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC255

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

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