#ACC938#ACC938

#ACC938 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.168 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC938
RGB	rgb(172, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -28.72, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 71.09, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0848 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.168 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6144, 50.8296, 11.5174)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC938 #5538C9

analogous

#C99D38 #ACC938 #63C938

triadic

#ACC938 #38ACC9 #C938AC

tetradic

#ACC938 #38C99D #5538C9 #C93863

square

#ACC938 #38C99D #5538C9 #C93863

split-complementary

#ACC938 #3863C9 #9D38C9

monochromatic

#5A6A1D #849A2A #ACC938 #C0D668 #D4E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ACC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#ACC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC938

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC938	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.168 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d978',
    500: '#acc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc938;
$custom-light: #c8d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC938

secondary

#3F3174

accent

#47E166

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC938

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

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