#ACC940#ACC940

#ACC940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.163 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC940
RGB	rgb(172, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -28.26, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 68.28, 114.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0828 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.163 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8259, 50.9142, 12.6315)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC940 #5D40C9

analogous

#C9A240 #ACC940 #68C940

triadic

#ACC940 #40ACC9 #C940AC

tetradic

#ACC940 #40C9A2 #5D40C9 #C94068

square

#ACC940 #40C9A2 #5D40C9 #C94068

split-complementary

#ACC940 #4068C9 #A240C9

monochromatic

#5E6F1F #879F2D #ACC940 #C1D670 #D5E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ACC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#ACC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC940

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC940	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.163 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d97d',
    500: '#acc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc940;
$custom-light: #c8d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.701,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78884,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC940

secondary

#433578

accent

#49DF68

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC940

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

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