#ACE179#ACE179

#ACE179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.145 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACE179
RGB	rgb(172, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(91, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(91, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -34.41, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 56.86, 127.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0951 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.145 131)
XYZ	xyz(47.3890, 64.0005, 27.9420)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACE179 #AE79E1

analogous

#E0E179 #ACE179 #79E17A

triadic

#ACE179 #79ACE1 #E179AC

tetradic

#ACE179 #79E0E1 #AE79E1 #E17A79

square

#ACE179 #79E0E1 #AE79E1 #E17A79

split-complementary

#ACE179 #7A79E1 #E179E0

monochromatic

#6EB729 #8DD647 #ACE179 #CBECAB #EAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ACE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#ACE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACE179

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACE179	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ace179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.145 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eaa1',
    500: '#ace179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ace179;
$custom-light: #c7eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ace179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.577,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84986,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.64002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACE179

secondary

#8047B8

accent

#1ACB74

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACE179

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

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