#ACC740#ACC740

#ACC740 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.160 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC740
RGB	rgb(172, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -27.31, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 67.37, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0802 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.16 120)
XYZ	xyz(38.3627, 49.9878, 12.4771)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC740 #5B40C7

analogous

#C79F40 #ACC740 #69C740

triadic

#ACC740 #40ACC7 #C740AC

tetradic

#ACC740 #40C79F #5B40C7 #C74069

square

#ACC740 #40C79F #5B40C7 #C74069

split-complementary

#ACC740 #4069C7 #9F40C7

monochromatic

#5D6D20 #869C2E #ACC740 #C1D56F #D5E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#ACC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#ACC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC740

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC740	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.160 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d87c',
    500: '#acc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc740;
$custom-light: #c8d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78428,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.49988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC740

secondary

#A094CF

accent

#4ADE67

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC740

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

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