#A6CE42#A6CE42

#A6CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.170 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6CE42
RGB	rgb(166, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -32.87, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 70.46, 117.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.095 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.17 124)
XYZ	xyz(38.7809, 52.6426, 13.2711)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6CE42 #6A42CE

analogous

#CEB042 #A6CE42 #60CE42

triadic

#A6CE42 #42A6CE #CE42A6

tetradic

#A6CE42 #42CEB0 #6A42CE #CE4260

square

#A6CE42 #42CEB0 #6A42CE #CE4260

split-complementary

#A6CE42 #4260CE #B042CE

monochromatic

#5E771F #84A72B #A6CE42 #BDDB73 #D4E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A6CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#A6CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6CE42

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6CE42	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.170 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dd7e',
    500: '#a6ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ce42;
$custom-light: #c4dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79623,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.52643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6CE42

secondary

#4A357F

accent

#46E272

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6CE42

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

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