#ACE857#ACE857

#ACE857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.184 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACE857
RGB	rgb(172, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -40.85, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 74.65, 123.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.1156 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.184 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5900, 67.1709, 19.4729)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACE857 #9357E8

analogous

#E8DC57 #ACE857 #63E857

triadic

#ACE857 #57ACE8 #E857AC

tetradic

#ACE857 #57E8DC #9357E8 #E85763

square

#ACE857 #57E8DC #9357E8 #E85763

split-complementary

#ACE857 #5763E8 #DC57E8

monochromatic

#6FAD18 #91E121 #ACE857 #C7EF8D #E1F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ACE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#ACE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACE857

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACE857	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ace857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.184 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ef8c',
    500: '#ace857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ace857;
$custom-light: #c8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ace857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.828,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86185,
    "c": 0.18435,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACE857

secondary

#6735AE

accent

#0DD861

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACE857

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

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