#A6C042#A6C042

#A6C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.153 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C042
RGB	rgb(166, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -26.25, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 63.85, 114.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0767 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.153 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5594, 46.1997, 12.1973)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C042 #5C42C0

analogous

#C09B42 #A6C042 #67C042

triadic

#A6C042 #42A6C0 #C042A6

tetradic

#A6C042 #42C09B #5C42C0 #C04267

square

#A6C042 #42C09B #5C42C0 #C04267

split-complementary

#A6C042 #4267C0 #9B42C0

monochromatic

#586622 #7F9431 #A6C042 #BCCF70 #D1DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A6C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#A6C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C042

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C042	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.153 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d37d',
    500: '#a6c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c042;
$custom-light: #c3d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.381,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C042

secondary

#9E93CB

accent

#4EDA6B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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