#aac427

Color #aac427

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aac427

RGB

rgb(170, 196, 39)

HSL

hsl(69.9, 66.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.9, 80.1%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 80.1%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(74.93, -27.91, 68.75)

LCH

lch(74.93, 74.2, 112.1)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.1716, 119.22)

HWB

hwb(69.9, 15.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4127c4

Analogous

#c48f27

#aac427

#5cc427

Triadic

#aac427

#27aac4

#c427aa

Split-complementary

#aac427

#275cc4

#8f27c4

Tetradic

#aac427

#27c441

#4127c4

#c427aa

Square

#aac427

#27c48f

#4127c4

#c4275c

Shades

Color #aac427 mixed toward black.

#8ea321

#71831a

#556214

#39410d

#1c2107

Tints

Color #aac427 mixed toward white.

#c0d940

#cce166

#d9e88c

#e6f0b3

#f2f7d9

Tones

Color #aac427 mixed toward gray.

#a1b734

#99aa41

#909d4e

#87905b

#7e8368

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b66c · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#b4b276 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#ab898f · ΔE 43.2

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aac427;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aac427]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#aac427 (#aac427) is rgb(170, 196, 39) in RGB.

No, #aac427 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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