#A6C538#A6C538

#A6C538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.165 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C538
RGB	rgb(166, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -29.25, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 69.80, 114.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0859 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.165 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4065, 48.3250, 11.1503)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C538 #5738C5

analogous

#C59D38 #A6C538 #60C538

triadic

#A6C538 #38A6C5 #C538A6

tetradic

#A6C538 #38C59D #5738C5 #C53860

square

#A6C538 #38C59D #5738C5 #C53860

split-complementary

#A6C538 #3860C5 #9D38C5

monochromatic

#56661D #7E952A #A6C538 #BCD467 #D1E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A6C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#A6C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C538

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C538	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.165 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d678',
    500: '#a6c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c538;
$custom-light: #c4d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.191,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77475,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C538

secondary

#9A8CCD

accent

#49DF6A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C538

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

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