#A6C856#A6C856

#A6C856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.146 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6C856
RGB	rgb(166, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -28.54, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 59.56, 118.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0812 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.146 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0601, 50.0872, 16.4650)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6C856 #7856C8

analogous

#C8B156 #A6C856 #6DC856

triadic

#A6C856 #56A6C8 #C856A6

tetradic

#A6C856 #56C8B1 #7856C8 #C8566D

square

#A6C856 #56C8B1 #7856C8 #C8566D

split-complementary

#A6C856 #566DC8 #B156C8

monochromatic

#637B28 #87AA37 #A6C856 #BED784 #D7E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A6C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#A6C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6C856

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6C856	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.146 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d889',
    500: '#a6c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6c856;
$custom-light: #c3d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78433,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6C856

secondary

#533F84

accent

#4DDA77

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6C856

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

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