#A6CD42#A6CD42

#A6CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.169 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CD42
RGB	rgb(166, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -32.41, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 69.99, 117.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0937 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.169 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5409, 52.1627, 13.1912)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CD42 #6942CD

analogous

#CDAF42 #A6CD42 #60CD42

triadic

#A6CD42 #42A6CD #CD42A6

tetradic

#A6CD42 #42CDAF #6942CD #CD4260

square

#A6CD42 #42CDAF #6942CD #CD4260

split-complementary

#A6CD42 #4260CD #AF42CD

monochromatic

#5D761F #84A62C #A6CD42 #BDDA72 #D4E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A6CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#A6CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CD42

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CD42	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.169 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dc7e',
    500: '#a6cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6cd42;
$custom-light: #c4dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.835,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.16853,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CD42

secondary

#4A357E

accent

#46E172

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CD42

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

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