#ACC542#ACC542

#ACC542 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.156 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC542
RGB	rgb(172, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -26.22, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 65.70, 113.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.077 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.156 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9635, 49.0967, 12.6299)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC542 #5B42C5

analogous

#C59C42 #ACC542 #6BC542

triadic

#ACC542 #42ACC5 #C542AC

tetradic

#ACC542 #42C59C #5B42C5 #C5426B

square

#ACC542 #42C59C #5B42C5 #C5426B

split-complementary

#ACC542 #426BC5 #9C42C5

monochromatic

#5D6C21 #869A2F #ACC542 #C1D371 #D5E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#ACC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#ACC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC542

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC542	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.156 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d67d',
    500: '#acc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc542;
$custom-light: #c8d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.45,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7799,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC542

secondary

#A095CE

accent

#4BDC67

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC542

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

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