#ACC838#ACC838

#ACC838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.167 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC838
RGB	rgb(172, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -28.24, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 70.64, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0835 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.167 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3820, 50.3649, 11.4400)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC838 #5438C8

analogous

#C89C38 #ACC838 #64C838

triadic

#ACC838 #38ACC8 #C838AC

tetradic

#ACC838 #38C89C #5438C8 #C83864

square

#ACC838 #38C89C #5438C8 #C83864

split-complementary

#ACC838 #3864C8 #9C38C8

monochromatic

#5A691D #83992A #ACC838 #C0D568 #D4E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ACC838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#ACC838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC838

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC838	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.167 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d878',
    500: '#acc838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc838;
$custom-light: #c8d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78598,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC838

secondary

#3E3273

accent

#48E065

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC838

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

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