#6AA42A#6AA42A
#6AA42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.162 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6AA42A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(106, 164, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(89, 59%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(89, 74%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(35.4%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.47, -38.32, 53.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.47, 66.06, 125.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.49% -0.1082 0.1205) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.49% 0.162 131.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.6370, 29.7815, 6.9038) |
| Luminance | 0.2978 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 1.99
Leaf Green
#5CA904
ΔE00 3.05
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 3.32
Lawn Green
#4DA409
ΔE00 3.71
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 4.37
Kermit Green
#5CB200
ΔE00 5.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6AA42A #642AA4
analogous
#A4A12A #6AA42A #2DA42A
triadic
#6AA42A #2A6AA4 #A42A6A
tetradic
#6AA42A #2AA4A1 #642AA4 #A42A2D
square
#6AA42A #2AA4A1 #642AA4 #A42A2D
split-complementary
#6AA42A #2A2DA4 #A12AA4
monochromatic
#2B4311 #4B731E #6AA42A #89CD3E #A7DA6E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.02
#6AA42A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.96
#6AA42A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #6AA42A
6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6AA42A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6AA42A | 1.00 | 3.02 | 6.96 | 6.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB9712
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39336
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6B9D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6aa42a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 164, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.162 131.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#99bf6c',
500: '#6aa42a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6aa42a; $custom-light: #99bf6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6aa42a",
"rgb": {
"r": 106,
"g": 164,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 88.525,
"s": 59.223,
"l": 40.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65491,
"c": 0.16193,
"h": 131.9
},
"luminance": 0.29782
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6AA42A
secondary
#9369C1
accent
#45E290
background
#F9FBF6
surface
#F2F7EC
border
#CCD0C7
text
#0E1207
muted
#7E817A