#A6D159#A6D159

#A6D159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.156 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6D159
RGB	rgb(166, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -32.52, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 62.93, 121.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.092 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.156 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3295, 54.4287, 17.8303)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6D159 #8459D1

analogous

#D1C059 #A6D159 #6AD159

triadic

#A6D159 #59A6D1 #D159A6

tetradic

#A6D159 #59D1C0 #8459D1 #D1596A

square

#A6D159 #59D1C0 #8459D1 #D1596A

split-complementary

#A6D159 #596AD1 #C059D1

monochromatic

#668926 #89B933 #A6D159 #C0DE89 #D9ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#A6D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#A6D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6D159

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6D159	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.156 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3df8c',
    500: '#a6d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6d159;
$custom-light: #c3df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80531,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6D159

secondary

#5C3E90

accent

#48E07E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6D159

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

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