#ACCC42#ACCC42

#ACCC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.165 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACCC42
RGB	rgb(172, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -29.56, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 68.93, 115.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0862 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.165 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5900, 52.3497, 13.1720)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACCC42 #6242CC

analogous

#CCA742 #ACCC42 #67CC42

triadic

#ACCC42 #42ACCC #CC42AC

tetradic

#ACCC42 #42CCA7 #6242CC #CC4267

square

#ACCC42 #42CCA7 #6242CC #CC4267

split-complementary

#ACCC42 #4267CC #A742CC

monochromatic

#61741F #89A42C #ACCC42 #C1D972 #D6E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#ACCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#ACCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACCC42

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACCC42	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #accc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.165 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8db7e',
    500: '#accc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #accc42;
$custom-light: #c8db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#accc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79583,
    "c": 0.16479,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACCC42

secondary

#46357D

accent

#47E16B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACCC42

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

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