#A6D442#A6D442

#A6D442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.177 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6D442
RGB	rgb(166, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -35.63, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 73.32, 119.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1026 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.177 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2530, 55.5868, 13.7618)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6D442 #7042D4

analogous

#D4B942 #A6D442 #5DD442

triadic

#A6D442 #42A6D4 #D442A6

tetradic

#A6D442 #42D4B9 #7042D4 #D4425D

square

#A6D442 #42D4B9 #7042D4 #D4425D

split-complementary

#A6D442 #425DD4 #B942D4

monochromatic

#607F1D #86B128 #A6D442 #BDDF74 #D5EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A6D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#A6D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6D442

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6D442	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.177 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e17f',
    500: '#a6d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6d442;
$custom-light: #c4e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.1771,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6D442

secondary

#4E3486

accent

#42E676

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6D442

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

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