#A6C438#A6C438

#A6C438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.164 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C438
RGB	rgb(166, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(73, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -28.77, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 69.35, 114.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0846 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.164 121)
XYZ	xyz(36.1802, 47.8724, 11.0749)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C438 #5638C4

analogous

#C49C38 #A6C438 #60C438

triadic

#A6C438 #38A6C4 #C438A6

tetradic

#A6C438 #38C49C #5638C4 #C43860

square

#A6C438 #38C49C #5638C4 #C43860

split-complementary

#A6C438 #3860C4 #9C38C4

monochromatic

#55651D #7E942A #A6C438 #BCD366 #D1E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A6C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#A6C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C438

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C438	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.164 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d578',
    500: '#a6c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c438;
$custom-light: #c4d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.16423,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.47872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C438

secondary

#998CCC

accent

#49DF69

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C438

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

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