#A6E460#A6E460

#A6E460 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.175 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E460
RGB	rgb(166, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(88, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -40.50, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 69.93, 125.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.1135 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.175 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5802, 64.4371, 21.1002)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E460 #9E60E4

analogous

#E4E060 #A6E460 #64E460

triadic

#A6E460 #60A6E4 #E460A6

tetradic

#A6E460 #60E4E0 #9E60E4 #E46064

square

#A6E460 #60E4E0 #9E60E4 #E46064

split-complementary

#A6E460 #6064E4 #E060E4

monochromatic

#69AC1D #89DB2C #A6E460 #C3ED94 #E1F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A6E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#A6E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E460

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E460	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.175 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed91',
    500: '#a6e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e460;
$custom-light: #c4ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.182,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84989,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E460

secondary

#713AAE

accent

#13D36D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E460

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

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