#A6CA38#A6CA38

#A6CA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.171 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CA38
RGB	rgb(166, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -31.60, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 72.07, 116.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0924 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.171 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5607, 50.6334, 11.5351)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CA38 #5C38CA

analogous

#CAA538 #A6CA38 #5DCA38

triadic

#A6CA38 #38A6CA #CA38A6

tetradic

#A6CA38 #38CAA5 #5C38CA #CA385D

square

#A6CA38 #38CAA5 #5C38CA #CA385D

split-complementary

#A6CA38 #385DCA #A538CA

monochromatic

#586B1D #7F9B29 #A6CA38 #BCD768 #D1E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#A6CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#A6CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CA38

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CA38	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.171 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da78',
    500: '#a6ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ca38;
$custom-light: #c4da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.795,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78627,
    "c": 0.17133,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CA38

secondary

#423175

accent

#47E16D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CA38

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

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