#ACCD42#ACCD42

#ACCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.166 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACCD42
RGB	rgb(172, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -30.03, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 69.40, 115.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0875 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.166 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8285, 52.8266, 13.2515)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACCD42 #6342CD

analogous

#CDA942 #ACCD42 #66CD42

triadic

#ACCD42 #42ACCD #CD42AC

tetradic

#ACCD42 #42CDA9 #6342CD #CD4266

square

#ACCD42 #42CDA9 #6342CD #CD4266

split-complementary

#ACCD42 #4266CD #A942CD

monochromatic

#61761F #89A62C #ACCD42 #C1DA72 #D7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ACCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#ACCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACCD42

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACCD42	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #accd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.166 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dc7e',
    500: '#accd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #accd42;
$custom-light: #c8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#accd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.245,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79811,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACCD42

secondary

#46357E

accent

#46E16B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACCD42

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

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