#A6CD38#A6CD38

#A6CD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.175 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CD38
RGB	rgb(166, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(76, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -33.00, 65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 73.44, 116.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0962 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.175 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2715, 52.0549, 11.7720)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CD38 #5F38CD

analogous

#CDA938 #A6CD38 #5BCD38

triadic

#A6CD38 #38A6CD #CD38A6

tetradic

#A6CD38 #38CDA9 #5F38CD #CD385B

square

#A6CD38 #38CDA9 #5F38CD #CD385B

split-complementary

#A6CD38 #385BCD #A938CD

monochromatic

#596F1C #80A028 #A6CD38 #BCD969 #D2E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A6CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#A6CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CD38

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CD38	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.175 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dc79',
    500: '#a6cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6cd38;
$custom-light: #c4dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.705,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79319,
    "c": 0.17489,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CD38

secondary

#443178

accent

#45E36E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CD38

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

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