#ACD259#ACD259

#ACD259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.154 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACD259
RGB	rgb(172, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -30.68, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 62.75, 119.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0872 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.154 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8632, 55.5848, 17.9727)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACD259 #7F59D2

analogous

#D2BB59 #ACD259 #6FD259

triadic

#ACD259 #59ACD2 #D259AC

tetradic

#ACD259 #59D2BB #7F59D2 #D2596F

square

#ACD259 #59D2BB #7F59D2 #D2596F

split-complementary

#ACD259 #596FD2 #BB59D2

monochromatic

#6B8B26 #90BB33 #ACD259 #C4DF89 #DCECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#ACD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#ACD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACD259

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACD259	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.154 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e08c',
    500: '#acd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acd259;
$custom-light: #c7e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.843,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.1544,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACD259

secondary

#583E91

accent

#47E177

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACD259

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

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