#ACC970#ACC970

#ACC970 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.120 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACC970
RGB	rgb(172, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(80, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(80, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -24.08, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 47.68, 120.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0668 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.12 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8244, 51.7136, 23.1571)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACC970 #8D70C9

analogous

#C9BA70 #ACC970 #80C970

triadic

#ACC970 #70ACC9 #C970AC

tetradic

#ACC970 #70C9BA #8D70C9 #C97080

square

#ACC970 #70C9BA #8D70C9 #C97080

split-complementary

#ACC970 #7080C9 #BA70C9

monochromatic

#6E8A34 #92B745 #ACC970 #C6DA9C #E0EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#ACC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#ACC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACC970

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACC970	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.120 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d99a',
    500: '#acc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acc970;
$custom-light: #c6d99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.551,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79427,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACC970

secondary

#624C92

accent

#2DB85B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF5

border

#D2D4CF

text

#13140E

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACC970

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

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