#ACC559#ACC559

#ACC559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.137 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC559
RGB	rgb(172, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -24.47, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 56.16, 115.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0698 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.137 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7830, 49.4245, 16.9460)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC559 #7259C5

analogous

#C5A859 #ACC559 #76C559

triadic

#ACC559 #59ACC5 #C559AC

tetradic

#ACC559 #59C5A8 #7259C5 #C55976

square

#ACC559 #59C5A8 #7259C5 #C55976

split-complementary

#ACC559 #5976C5 #A859C5

monochromatic

#67792A #8EA73A #ACC559 #C3D586 #D9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#ACC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#ACC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC559

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC559	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.137 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d68b',
    500: '#acc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc559;
$custom-light: #c7d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.889,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78219,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC559

secondary

#B1A7D3

accent

#50D86F

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC559

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

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