#ACED56#ACED56

#ACED56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.191 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACED56
RGB	rgb(172, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -43.12, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 77.50, 123.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.1219 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.191 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9769, 70.0096, 19.7351)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ACED56 #9756ED

analogous

#EDE356 #ACED56 #60ED56

triadic

#ACED56 #56ACED #ED56AC

tetradic

#ACED56 #56EDE3 #9756ED #ED5660

square

#ACED56 #56EDE3 #9756ED #ED5660

split-complementary

#ACED56 #5660ED #E356ED

monochromatic

#70B513 #91E71F #ACED56 #C7F38D #E2F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ACED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#ACED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACED56

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACED56	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aced56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.191 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f38c',
    500: '#aced56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aced56;
$custom-light: #c9f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aced56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.828,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87328,
    "c": 0.1914,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACED56

secondary

#6B32B5

accent

#08DD64

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACED56

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

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