#A6D459#A6D459

#A6D459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.160 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6D459
RGB	rgb(166, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -33.91, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 64.48, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0958 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.16 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0725, 55.9146, 18.0780)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6D459 #8759D4

analogous

#D4C559 #A6D459 #69D459

triadic

#A6D459 #59A6D4 #D459A6

tetradic

#A6D459 #59D4C5 #8759D4 #D45969

square

#A6D459 #59D4C5 #8759D4 #D45969

split-complementary

#A6D459 #5969D4 #C559D4

monochromatic

#678E25 #8ABE31 #A6D459 #C0E18A #DAEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A6D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#A6D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6D459

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6D459	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACCBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.160 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e18c',
    500: '#a6d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6d459;
$custom-light: #c3e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.439,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6D459

secondary

#5E3E94

accent

#46E280

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6D459

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

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