#A6D042#A6D042

#A6D042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.172 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6D042
RGB	rgb(166, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -33.80, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 71.41, 118.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0976 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.172 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2654, 53.6117, 13.4327)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6D042 #6C42D0

analogous

#D0B342 #A6D042 #5FD042

triadic

#A6D042 #42A6D0 #D042A6

tetradic

#A6D042 #42D0B3 #6C42D0 #D0425F

square

#A6D042 #42D0B3 #6C42D0 #D0425F

split-complementary

#A6D042 #425FD0 #B342D0

monochromatic

#5E791E #85AA2A #A6D042 #BDDC73 #D4E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#A6D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#A6D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6D042

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6D042	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.172 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4de7e',
    500: '#a6d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6d042;
$custom-light: #c4de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.746,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80084,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6D042

secondary

#4B3581

accent

#44E373

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6D042

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

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