#ACED59#ACED59

#ACED59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.189 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACED59
RGB	rgb(172, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -42.88, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 76.39, 124.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.121 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.189 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1003, 70.0590, 20.3851)
Luminance	0.7006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACED59 #9A59ED

analogous

#EDE459 #ACED59 #62ED59

triadic

#ACED59 #59ACED #ED59AC

tetradic

#ACED59 #59EDE4 #9A59ED #ED5962

square

#ACED59 #59EDE4 #9A59ED #ED5962

split-complementary

#ACED59 #5962ED #E459ED

monochromatic

#70B814 #90E722 #ACED59 #C8F390 #E3F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ACED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#ACED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACED59

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACED59	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aced59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.189 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f38e',
    500: '#aced59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aced59;
$custom-light: #c8f38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aced59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.351,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87355,
    "c": 0.18918,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACED59

secondary

#6D33B7

accent

#09DD66

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACED59

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

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