Information about #ACC217 color

#ACC217 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ACC217 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(172, 194, 23) — 67.5% red, 76.1% green, 9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 0 / 88 / 24. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #ACC217 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Acid Green (#B0BF1A). Slightly further away sit Bahia (#A9C01C) and Rio Grande (#B7C61A).

The recipe behind #ACC217 is rgb(172, 194, 23), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ACC217: 10.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#ACC217 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ACC217 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ACC217

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Gross Green color link
Gross Green

#A0BF16

Pea color link
Pea

#A4BF20

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Bile color link
Bile

#B5C306

Limerick color link
Limerick

#9DC209

Citrus color link
Citrus

#9FB70A

Key Lime Pie color link
Key Lime Pie

#BFC921

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ACC217
  • RGB172, 194, 23
  • CMYK11, 0, 88, 24
  • CSSrgb(172, 194, 23)
  • HSL68°, 79%, 43%
  • HSL Precise67.719°, 78.802%, 42.549%
  • HSV68°, 88%, 76%
  • HSB68°, 88%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.761, 0.090)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.761, 0.090, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.761, 0.090)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDACC217
  • DECIMAL ID11321879
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01