#ACEA61#ACEA61

#ACEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.179 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACEA61
RGB	rgb(172, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -40.90, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 71.78, 124.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.1149 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.179 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5934, 68.4781, 21.9643)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.41

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACEA61 #9F61EA

analogous

#EAE361 #ACEA61 #68EA61

triadic

#ACEA61 #61ACEA #EA61AC

tetradic

#ACEA61 #61EAE3 #9F61EA #EA6168

square

#ACEA61 #61EAE3 #9F61EA #EA6168

split-complementary

#ACEA61 #6168EA #E361EA

monochromatic

#70B818 #90E32B #ACEA61 #C8F197 #E5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ACEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#ACEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACEA61

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACEA61	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.179 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f192',
    500: '#acea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acea61;
$custom-light: #c8f192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.153,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86745,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACEA61

secondary

#7238B8

accent

#0DD969

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACEA61

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

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