#A6D538#A6D538

#A6D538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.184 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6D538
RGB	rgb(166, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -36.66, 67.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 77.09, 118.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.1062 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.184 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2343, 55.9805, 12.4262)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6D538 #6738D5

analogous

#D5B638 #A6D538 #57D538

triadic

#A6D538 #38A6D5 #D538A6

tetradic

#A6D538 #38D5B6 #6738D5 #D53857

square

#A6D538 #38D5B6 #6738D5 #D53857

split-complementary

#A6D538 #3857D5 #B638D5

monochromatic

#5C791A #83AC24 #A6D538 #BDE06B #D3EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A6D538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#A6D538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6D538

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6D538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6D538	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6d538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.184 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e27a',
    500: '#a6d538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6d538;
$custom-light: #c4e27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6d538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.962,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81172,
    "c": 0.18438,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6D538

secondary

#483081

accent

#40E872

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6D538

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

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