#ACC326Sour Lime (#ACC326) is a light, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 118°, lightness 0.77 and chroma 0.17. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #ACC326 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(172, 195, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 67%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 81%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12%, 0%, 81%, 24%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(74.8 -26.6 68.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.774 0.170 118) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Sour Lime shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#b4be17 — ΔE 1.5, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#b3c31f — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#acc326 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#acc429 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Sour Lime in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.98:1 and against black 10.59:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e9ff8d · #c0d74f · #acc326 · #768700 · #546100 · #343d00
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#98f5ad · #9ede75 · #acc326 · #b6a500 · #b48900 · #ae6e00
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#acc326 · #5ca78e · #728200 · #006c54 · #3d4600 · #003023
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#d5deb8 · #acc326 · #8e9b57 · #7e53c4 · #333b00 · #191f00
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f3efff · #acc326 · #979d85 · #5d5a66 · #242911 · #010004
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f3f0fb · #cac6d4 · #9d99a8 · #241f30 · #05010d · #acc326
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#b2e2dc · #acc326 · #c92fe8 · #527553 · #2a365f · #1e0512
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b5d9f0 · #acc326 · #8aa0c5 · #85489a · #2f3b5b · #150f04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e5f4ff · #acc326 · #30a4e3 · #a1205c · #4c0025 · #00050f
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d6f9ff · #acc326 · #00adbf · #6b3ead · #4f0001 · #050014
#B7CC51 · #C2D670 · #CEDF8B · #DAE8A5 · #E5F1BE
#8CA000 · #6E7E00 · #515D00 · #353E00 · #1C2200
#AEC156 · #AFBE75 · #B1BB8F
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.