#ACC738#ACC738

#ACC738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.165 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC738
RGB	rgb(172, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -27.76, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 70.20, 113.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0821 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.165 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1512, 49.9032, 11.3631)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC738 #5338C7

analogous

#C79B38 #ACC738 #64C738

triadic

#ACC738 #38ACC7 #C738AC

tetradic

#ACC738 #38C79B #5338C7 #C73864

square

#ACC738 #38C79B #5338C7 #C73864

split-complementary

#ACC738 #3864C7 #9B38C7

monochromatic

#59671D #83972B #ACC738 #C0D468 #D4E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#ACC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#ACC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC738

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC738	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.165 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d878',
    500: '#acc738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc738;
$custom-light: #c8d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.329,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC738

secondary

#998DCD

accent

#48DF65

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC738

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

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