#ACD42A#ACD42A

#ACD42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.187 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACD42A
RGB	rgb(172, 212, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -34.47, 72.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 79.98, 115.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1016 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.187 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9753, 56.0246, 10.8452)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACD42A #522AD4

analogous

#D4A72A #ACD42A #57D42A

triadic

#ACD42A #2AACD4 #D42AAC

tetradic

#ACD42A #2AD4A7 #522AD4 #D42A57

square

#ACD42A #2AD4A7 #522AD4 #D42A57

split-complementary

#ACD42A #2A57D4 #A72AD4

monochromatic

#596E16 #83A120 #ACD42A #C0DF5C #D4E98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ACD42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#ACD42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACD42A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACD42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACD42A	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acd42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 212, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.187 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e173',
    500: '#acd42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acd42a;
$custom-light: #c9e173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acd42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.118,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.18741,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACD42A

secondary

#3D2B77

accent

#3EEA66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACD42A

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

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