#ACC259#ACC259

#ACC259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC259
RGB	rgb(172, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(73, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -23.00, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 54.65, 114.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0657 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.134 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1086, 48.0757, 16.7212)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC259 #6F59C2

analogous

#C2A359 #ACC259 #77C259

triadic

#ACC259 #59ACC2 #C259AC

tetradic

#ACC259 #59C2A3 #6F59C2 #C25977

square

#ACC259 #59C2A3 #6F59C2 #C25977

split-complementary

#ACC259 #5977C2 #A359C2

monochromatic

#66752B #8DA23C #ACC259 #C2D286 #D9E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#ACC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#ACC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC259

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC259	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d48b',
    500: '#acc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc259;
$custom-light: #c7d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.571,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77543,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC259

secondary

#AFA6D1

accent

#52D66E

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC259

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

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