#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
RGBrgb(166, 228, 89)
HSLhsl(87, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(87, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(27.2%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.13, -41.11, 59.94)
CIE-LCHlch(84.13, 72.69, 124.44°)
OKLaboklab(84.92% -0.1157 0.1386)
OKLCHoklch(84.92% 0.181 129.9)
XYZxyz(45.2721, 64.3139, 19.4778)
Luminance0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

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
##A6E4591.001.5113.8613.86
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8621.001.001.00
##00000013.8621.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#A6E459 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva