#ACE159#ACE159

#ACE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.174 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACE159
RGB	rgb(172, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -37.58, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 70.36, 122.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.1063 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.174 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7415, 63.3415, 19.2655)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACE159 #8E59E1

analogous

#E1D259 #ACE159 #68E159

triadic

#ACE159 #59ACE1 #E159AC

tetradic

#ACE159 #59E1D2 #8E59E1 #E15968

square

#ACE159 #59E1D2 #8E59E1 #E15968

split-complementary

#ACE159 #5968E1 #D259E1

monochromatic

#6EA21D #92D627 #ACE159 #C6EA8D #E0F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#ACE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#ACE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACE159

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACE159	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ace159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.174 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ea8d',
    500: '#ace159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ace159;
$custom-light: #c8ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ace159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84596,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACE159

secondary

#6339A5

accent

#14D15E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACE159

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

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