#ACE257#ACE257

#ACE257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.177 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACE257
RGB	rgb(172, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -38.19, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 71.64, 122.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.1082 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.177 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9298, 63.8506, 18.9196)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ACE257 #8D57E2

analogous

#E2D257 #ACE257 #67E257

triadic

#ACE257 #57ACE2 #E257AC

tetradic

#ACE257 #57E2D2 #8D57E2 #E25767

square

#ACE257 #57E2D2 #8D57E2 #E25767

split-complementary

#ACE257 #5767E2 #D257E2

monochromatic

#6EA31C #92D725 #ACE257 #C6EB8B #E0F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ACE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#ACE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACE257

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACE257	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)

#EDD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ace257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.177 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eb8c',
    500: '#ace257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ace257;
$custom-light: #c8eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ace257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.309,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84806,
    "c": 0.17671,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACE257

secondary

#6238A5

accent

#13D35D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACE257

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

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