#ACE256#ACE256

#ACE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.177 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACE256
RGB	rgb(172, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -38.27, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 72.03, 122.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.1085 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.177 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8893, 63.8344, 18.7059)
Luminance	0.6383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACE256 #8C56E2

analogous

#E2D256 #ACE256 #66E256

triadic

#ACE256 #56ACE2 #E256AC

tetradic

#ACE256 #56E2D2 #8C56E2 #E25666

square

#ACE256 #56E2D2 #8C56E2 #E25666

split-complementary

#ACE256 #5666E2 #D256E2

monochromatic

#6EA21C #92D625 #ACE256 #C6EB8A #DFF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ACE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#ACE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACE256

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACE256	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ace256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.177 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eb8b',
    500: '#ace256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ace256;
$custom-light: #c8eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ace256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84796,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACE256

secondary

#6238A5

accent

#13D35D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACE256

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

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