#A6E231#A6E231

#A6E231 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.203 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E231
RGB	rgb(166, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(80, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, -42.75, 73.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 84.96, 120.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.1233 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.203 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4768, 62.7205, 12.7208)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E231 #6D31E2

analogous

#E2C631 #A6E231 #4EE231

triadic

#A6E231 #31A6E2 #E231A6

tetradic

#A6E231 #31E2C6 #6D31E2 #E2314E

square

#A6E231 #31E2C6 #6D31E2 #E2314E

split-complementary

#A6E231 #314EE2 #C631E2

monochromatic

#5F8613 #85BB1A #A6E231 #BDEA67 #D4F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A6E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#A6E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E231

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E231	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)

#EED200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.203 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eb78',
    500: '#a6e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e231;
$custom-light: #c5eb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.339,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84156,
    "c": 0.20312,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E231

secondary

#4C2B8C

accent

#36F276

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E231

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

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