#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
RGBrgb(172, 201, 55)
HSLhsl(72, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(72, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(14.4%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.57, -28.77, 65.37)
CIE-LCHlch(76.57, 71.42, 113.75°)
OKLaboklab(78.82% -0.085 0.1452)
OKLCHoklch(78.82% 0.168 120.3)
XYZxyz(38.5902, 50.8199, 11.3899)
Luminance0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##ACC9371.001.8811.1611.16
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1621.001.001.00
##00000011.1621.001.001.00

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

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#ACC937 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva