#A6E456#A6E456

#A6E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.183 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E456
RGB	rgb(166, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -41.35, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 73.84, 124.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.1167 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.183 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1487, 64.2645, 18.8279)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E456 #9456E4

analogous

#E4DB56 #A6E456 #5FE456

triadic

#A6E456 #56A6E4 #E456A6

tetradic

#A6E456 #56E4DB #9456E4 #E4565F

square

#A6E456 #56E4DB #9456E4 #E4565F

split-complementary

#A6E456 #565FE4 #DB56E4

monochromatic

#69A51A #8ADA23 #A6E456 #C2EC8B #DEF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A6E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#A6E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E456

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E456	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.183 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed8b',
    500: '#a6e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e456;
$custom-light: #c4ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.197,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84888,
    "c": 0.18289,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E456

secondary

#6837A7

accent

#11D566

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E456

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

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