#ACC842#ACC842

#ACC842 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC842
RGB	rgb(172, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -27.66, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 67.08, 114.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.081 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.16 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6515, 50.4727, 12.8592)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC842 #5E42C8

analogous

#C8A142 #ACC842 #69C842

triadic

#ACC842 #42ACC8 #C842AC

tetradic

#ACC842 #42C8A1 #5E42C8 #C84269

square

#ACC842 #42C8A1 #5E42C8 #C84269

split-complementary

#ACC842 #4269C8 #A142C8

monochromatic

#5F6F20 #879F2E #ACC842 #C1D671 #D6E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ACC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#ACC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC842

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC842	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d87e',
    500: '#acc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc842;
$custom-light: #c8d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.537,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78672,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC842

secondary

#443679

accent

#4ADE69

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC842

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

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