#A6C242#A6C242

#A6C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.155 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C242
RGB	rgb(166, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -27.21, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 64.79, 114.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0794 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.155 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0016, 47.0840, 12.3447)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C242 #5E42C2

analogous

#C29E42 #A6C242 #66C242

triadic

#A6C242 #42A6C2 #C242A6

tetradic

#A6C242 #42C29E #5E42C2 #C24266

square

#A6C242 #42C29E #5E42C2 #C24266

split-complementary

#A6C242 #4266C2 #9E42C2

monochromatic

#596822 #809631 #A6C242 #BCD170 #D2E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A6C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#A6C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C242

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C242	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.155 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d47d',
    500: '#a6c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c242;
$custom-light: #c3d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C242

secondary

#A094CC

accent

#4DDB6C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C242

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

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