#ACC956#ACC956

#ACC956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC956
RGB	rgb(172, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(75, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -26.66, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 59.48, 116.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0763 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.145 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5800, 51.2158, 16.6028)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC956 #7356C9

analogous

#C9AD56 #ACC956 #73C956

triadic

#ACC956 #56ACC9 #C956AC

tetradic

#ACC956 #56C9AD #7356C9 #C95673

square

#ACC956 #56C9AD #7356C9 #C95673

split-complementary

#ACC956 #5673C9 #AD56C9

monochromatic

#677D28 #8EAB37 #ACC956 #C3D884 #DAE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ACC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#ACC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC956

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC956	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d989',
    500: '#acc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc956;
$custom-light: #c7d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.13,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79089,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC956

secondary

#503E85

accent

#4DDB71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC956

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

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