#ACC596#ACC596

#ACC596 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.070 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC596
RGB	rgb(172, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(92, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(92, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -16.94, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 26.85, 129.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0455 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.07 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4836, 50.9047, 36.4356)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC596 #AF96C5

analogous

#C3C596 #ACC596 #96C597

triadic

#ACC596 #96ACC5 #C596AC

tetradic

#ACC596 #96C3C5 #AF96C5 #C59796

square

#ACC596 #96C3C5 #AF96C5 #C59796

split-complementary

#ACC596 #9796C5 #C596C3

monochromatic

#6E9150 #8DAF6F #ACC596 #CBDBBD #EAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ACC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#ACC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC596

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC596	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.070 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d6b5',
    500: '#acc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc596;
$custom-light: #c5d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.915,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.06989,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC596

secondary

#816699

accent

#3EA776

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC596

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

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