#A6C916#A6C916
#A6C916 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.185 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A6C916 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 201, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 80%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 89%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(17.4%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.03, -32.40, 73.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.03, 80.17, 113.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.24% -0.0968 0.1572) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.24% 0.185 121.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.7581, 49.9382, 8.4614) |
| Luminance | 0.4994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 2.16
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.56
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 2.58
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.72
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.91
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A6C916 #3916C9
analogous
#C99216 #A6C916 #4CC916
triadic
#A6C916 #16A6C9 #C916A6
tetradic
#A6C916 #16C992 #3916C9 #C9164C
square
#A6C916 #16C992 #3916C9 #C9164C
split-complementary
#A6C916 #164CC9 #9216C9
monochromatic
#4B5B0A #789210 #A6C916 #C5E933 #D5EF6B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#A6C916 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#A6C916 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A6C916
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A6C916 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A6C916 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BC00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0BEAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a6c916; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 201, 22); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.185 121.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5d96b',
500: '#a6c916',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a6c916; $custom-light: #c5d96b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a6c916",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 201,
"b": 22
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.732,
"s": 80.269,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78239,
"c": 0.18463,
"h": 121.6
},
"luminance": 0.49938
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A6C916
secondary
#7C67D4
accent
#31F758
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F9FAED
border
#D2D3C8
text
#131408
muted
#82837B