#A6E459#A6E459

#A6E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.181 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E459
RGB	rgb(166, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -41.11, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 72.69, 124.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.1157 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.181 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2721, 64.3139, 19.4778)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E459 #9759E4

analogous

#E4DD59 #A6E459 #60E459

triadic

#A6E459 #59A6E4 #E459A6

tetradic

#A6E459 #59E4DD #9759E4 #E45960

square

#A6E459 #59E4DD #9759E4 #E45960

split-complementary

#A6E459 #5960E4 #DD59E4

monochromatic

#69A71B #8ADB24 #A6E459 #C2ED8E #DEF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A6E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#A6E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E459

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E459	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	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)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.181 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed8d',
    500: '#a6e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e459;
$custom-light: #c4ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.763,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84917,
    "c": 0.18056,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E459

secondary

#6A38A9

accent

#11D468

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E459

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

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