#ACC856#ACC856

#ACC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC856
RGB	rgb(172, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(75, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -26.18, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 58.98, 116.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0749 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.144 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3476, 50.7511, 16.5253)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC856 #7256C8

analogous

#C8AB56 #ACC856 #73C856

triadic

#ACC856 #56ACC8 #C856AC

tetradic

#ACC856 #56C8AB #7256C8 #C85673

square

#ACC856 #56C8AB #7256C8 #C85673

split-complementary

#ACC856 #5673C8 #AB56C8

monochromatic

#677B28 #8EAA37 #ACC856 #C3D784 #D9E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ACC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#ACC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC856

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC856	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d889',
    500: '#acc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc856;
$custom-light: #c7d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.737,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78863,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC856

secondary

#4F3F84

accent

#4DDA70

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC856

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

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