#ACE259#ACE259

#ACE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.175 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACE259
RGB	rgb(172, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -38.03, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 70.86, 122.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.1076 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.175 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0127, 63.8838, 19.3559)
Luminance	0.6389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACE259 #8F59E2

analogous

#E2D459 #ACE259 #68E259

triadic

#ACE259 #59ACE2 #E259AC

tetradic

#ACE259 #59E2D4 #8F59E2 #E25968

square

#ACE259 #59E2D4 #8F59E2 #E25968

split-complementary

#ACE259 #5968E2 #D459E2

monochromatic

#6FA41D #92D826 #ACE259 #C6EB8D #E0F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ACE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#ACE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACE259

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACE259	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ace259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.175 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eb8d',
    500: '#ace259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ace259;
$custom-light: #c8eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ace259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.65,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84826,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACE259

secondary

#6439A6

accent

#13D25F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACE259

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

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