#A6CA42#A6CA42

#A6CA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.165 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CA42
RGB	rgb(166, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -31.01, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 68.57, 116.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0899 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.165 123)
XYZ	xyz(37.8302, 50.7412, 12.9542)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CA42 #6642CA

analogous

#CAAA42 #A6CA42 #62CA42

triadic

#A6CA42 #42A6CA #CA42A6

tetradic

#A6CA42 #42CAAA #6642CA #CA4262

square

#A6CA42 #42CAAA #6642CA #CA4262

split-complementary

#A6CA42 #4262CA #AA42CA

monochromatic

#5C7220 #83A22D #A6CA42 #BDD772 #D3E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A6CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#A6CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CA42

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CA42	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.165 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da7e',
    500: '#a6ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ca42;
$custom-light: #c4da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78701,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.50741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CA42

secondary

#48357B

accent

#48DF70

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CA42

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

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