#A6E261#A6E261

#A6E261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.171 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E261
RGB	rgb(166, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(88, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -39.52, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 68.48, 125.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.1107 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.171 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0795, 63.3616, 21.1619)
Luminance	0.6336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E261 #9D61E2

analogous

#E2DD61 #A6E261 #65E261

triadic

#A6E261 #61A6E2 #E261A6

tetradic

#A6E261 #61E2DD #9D61E2 #E26165

square

#A6E261 #61E2DD #9D61E2 #E26165

split-complementary

#A6E261 #6165E2 #DD61E2

monochromatic

#69A91F #89D92D #A6E261 #C3EB95 #E0F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A6E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#A6E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E261

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E261	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.171 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3eb92',
    500: '#a6e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e261;
$custom-light: #c3eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.907,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84538,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E261

secondary

#703CAB

accent

#15D16C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E261

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

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