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#ACBC49 Color

#ACBC49 is rgb(172, 188, 73) in RGB, hsl(68, 46%, 51%) in HSL, and about cmyk(9%, 0%, 61%, 26%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Middle Green Yellow (#ACBF60), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 9.28. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#ACBC49
HEX#ACBC49
RGBrgb(172, 188, 73)
HSLhsl(68, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(68, 61%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 61%, 26%)
OKLCHoklch(76% 0.14 116.5)
LABlab(73.31% -17.37 54.30)
LCHlch(73.31% 57.01 107.74)

What #ACBC49 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #ACBC49, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#ACBC49 Channel Values

How #ACBC49 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 172 · G 188 · B 738-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 68° · S 46% · L 51%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 68° · S 61% · V 74%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 9% · M 0% · Y 61% · K 26%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.09:1 vs white · 10.04:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #ACBC49 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.09:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text10.04:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #ACBC49 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #ACBC49

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #ACBC49; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #ACBC49

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #ACBC49.

How #ACBC49 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#ACBC49
Protanopia#B9B949
Protanomaly#B4BA49
Deuteranopia#B7B74A
Deuteranomaly#B3B94A
Tritanopia#B6B2B2
Tritanomaly#B2B694
Achromatopsia#B3B3B3

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #ACBC49 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-acbc49: #ACBC49;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #ACBC49;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-acbc49': '#ACBC49' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.737, blue: 0.286)
Android XML<color name="color_acbc49">#ACBC49</color>
SVG fillfill="#ACBC49"

More Green Colors

#ACBC49 sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#ACBC49 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #ACBC49?

#ACBC49 is a mid-tone green — rgb(172, 188, 73) in RGB and hsl(68, 46%, 51%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Middle Green Yellow (#ACBF60), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 9.28.

What is the RGB value of #ACBC49?

#ACBC49 is rgb(172, 188, 73) — red 172, green 188, and blue 73 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #ACBC49?

#ACBC49 converts to approximately cmyk(9%, 0%, 61%, 26%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #ACBC49 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #ACBC49 scores 2.09:1 against white and 10.04:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #ACBC49 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #ACBC49 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkkhaki (#BDB76B) at a CIE76 distance of 18.96, which is visibly different.

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