#A6C256#A6C256

#A6C256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C256
RGB	rgb(166, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(76, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -25.66, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 56.50, 117.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0731 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.139 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6977, 47.3624, 16.0108)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C256 #7256C2

analogous

#C2A856 #A6C256 #70C256

triadic

#A6C256 #56A6C2 #C256A6

tetradic

#A6C256 #56C2A8 #7256C2 #C25670

square

#A6C256 #56C2A8 #7256C2 #C25670

split-complementary

#A6C256 #5670C2 #A856C2

monochromatic

#61742A #86A13A #A6C256 #BED283 #D5E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A6C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#A6C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C256

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C256	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d489',
    500: '#a6c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c256;
$custom-light: #c3d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C256

secondary

#AFA3D1

accent

#51D774

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C256

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

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