#A6E159#A6E159

#A6E159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.177 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E159
RGB	rgb(166, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -39.78, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 71.16, 123.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.1121 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.177 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4540, 62.6776, 19.2051)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E159 #9459E1

analogous

#E1D859 #A6E159 #62E159

triadic

#A6E159 #59A6E1 #E159A6

tetradic

#A6E159 #59E1D8 #9459E1 #E15962

square

#A6E159 #59E1D8 #9459E1 #E15962

split-complementary

#A6E159 #5962E1 #D859E1

monochromatic

#69A21D #8AD627 #A6E159 #C2EA8D #DEF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A6E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#A6E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E159

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E159	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.177 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ea8d',
    500: '#a6e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e159;
$custom-light: #c4ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.029,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84222,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E159

secondary

#6839A5

accent

#14D166

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E159

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

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