#A6C237#A6C237
#A6C237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.162 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A6C237 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 194, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 56%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 72%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.17, -27.87, 62.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.17, 68.79, 113.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.78% -0.0822 0.1402) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.78% 0.162 120.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.7079, 46.9665, 10.7980) |
| Luminance | 0.4697 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.83
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.17
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.46
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 2.78
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.06
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A6C237 #5337C2
analogous
#C29937 #A6C237 #61C237
triadic
#A6C237 #37A6C2 #C237A6
tetradic
#A6C237 #37C299 #5337C2 #C23761
square
#A6C237 #37C299 #5337C2 #C23761
split-complementary
#A6C237 #3761C2 #9937C2
monochromatic
#54631C #7D9229 #A6C237 #BCD363 #D1E093
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.02
#A6C237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.39
#A6C237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A6C237
10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A6C237 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A6C237 | 1.00 | 2.02 | 10.39 | 10.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB71E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB743
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFB8A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a6c237; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 194, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.162 120.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4d477',
500: '#a6c237',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a6c237; $custom-light: #c4d477; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a6c237",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 194,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.086,
"s": 55.823,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76779,
"c": 0.16249,
"h": 120.4
},
"luminance": 0.46966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A6C237
secondary
#9789CB
accent
#49DF67
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#131409
muted
#82837B