#A6E257#A6E257

#A6E257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.180 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E257
RGB	rgb(166, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -40.39, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 72.44, 123.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.1139 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.18 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6423, 63.1867, 18.8592)
Luminance	0.6319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E257 #9357E2

analogous

#E2D857 #A6E257 #61E257

triadic

#A6E257 #57A6E2 #E257A6

tetradic

#A6E257 #57E2D8 #9357E2 #E25761

square

#A6E257 #57E2D8 #9357E2 #E25761

split-complementary

#A6E257 #5761E2 #D857E2

monochromatic

#68A31C #8AD725 #A6E257 #C2EB8B #DDF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A6E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#A6E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E257

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E257	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.180 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4eb8c',
    500: '#a6e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e257;
$custom-light: #c4eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.899,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84434,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E257

secondary

#6738A5

accent

#13D366

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E257

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

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