#A6E457#A6E457

#A6E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.182 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E457
RGB	rgb(166, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -41.27, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 73.45, 124.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.1164 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.182 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1893, 64.2807, 19.0415)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E457 #9557E4

analogous

#E4DC57 #A6E457 #60E457

triadic

#A6E457 #57A6E4 #E457A6

tetradic

#A6E457 #57E4DC #9557E4 #E45760

square

#A6E457 #57E4DC #9557E4 #E45760

split-complementary

#A6E457 #5760E4 #DC57E4

monochromatic

#69A61B #8ADB23 #A6E457 #C2EC8C #DEF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A6E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#A6E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E457

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E457	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.182 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed8c',
    500: '#a6e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e457;
$custom-light: #c4ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.383,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84897,
    "c": 0.18212,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E457

secondary

#6937A8

accent

#11D467

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E457

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

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