#ACC937#ACC937

#ACC937 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.168 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC937
RGB	rgb(172, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -28.77, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 71.42, 113.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.085 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.168 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5902, 50.8199, 11.3899)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC937 #5437C9

analogous

#C99D37 #ACC937 #63C937

triadic

#ACC937 #37ACC9 #C937AC

tetradic

#ACC937 #37C99D #5437C9 #C93763

square

#ACC937 #37C99D #5437C9 #C93763

split-complementary

#ACC937 #3763C9 #9D37C9

monochromatic

#5A691C #839929 #ACC937 #C0D667 #D4E397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ACC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#ACC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC937

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC937	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.168 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d978',
    500: '#acc937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc937;
$custom-light: #c8d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78819,
    "c": 0.16826,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC937

secondary

#3E3173

accent

#47E166

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC937

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

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