#A6C838#A6C838

#A6C838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.169 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C838
RGB	rgb(166, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -30.66, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 71.16, 115.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0898 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.169 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0945, 49.7010, 11.3796)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C838 #5A38C8

analogous

#C8A238 #A6C838 #5EC838

triadic

#A6C838 #38A6C8 #C838A6

tetradic

#A6C838 #38C8A2 #5A38C8 #C8385E

square

#A6C838 #38C8A2 #5A38C8 #C8385E

split-complementary

#A6C838 #385EC8 #A238C8

monochromatic

#57691D #7F992A #A6C838 #BBD568 #D1E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#A6C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#A6C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C838

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C838	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.169 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d878',
    500: '#a6c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c838;
$custom-light: #c4d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78166,
    "c": 0.16896,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C838

secondary

#9D8ECE

accent

#48E06C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C838

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

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