#ACC949#ACC949

#ACC949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.156 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC949
RGB	rgb(172, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(74, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -27.67, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 64.85, 115.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0803 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.156 121)
XYZ	xyz(39.1030, 51.0250, 14.0908)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC949 #6649C9

analogous

#C9A649 #ACC949 #6CC949

triadic

#ACC949 #49ACC9 #C949AC

tetradic

#ACC949 #49C9A6 #6649C9 #C9496C

square

#ACC949 #49C9A6 #6649C9 #C9496C

split-complementary

#ACC949 #496CC9 #A649C9

monochromatic

#627523 #8AA431 #ACC949 #C2D778 #D7E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ACC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#ACC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC949

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC949	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.156 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d982',
    500: '#acc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc949;
$custom-light: #c8d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.594,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78959,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.51025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC949

secondary

#48397E

accent

#4ADE6C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC949

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

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