#A6E461#A6E461

#A6E461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.174 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E461
RGB	rgb(166, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -40.41, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 69.53, 125.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.1132 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.174 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6265, 64.4556, 21.3442)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E461 #9F61E4

analogous

#E4E061 #A6E461 #64E461

triadic

#A6E461 #61A6E4 #E461A6

tetradic

#A6E461 #61E4E0 #9F61E4 #E46164

square

#A6E461 #61E4E0 #9F61E4 #E46164

split-complementary

#A6E461 #6164E4 #E061E4

monochromatic

#69AD1E #89DB2D #A6E461 #C3ED95 #E1F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A6E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#A6E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E461

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E461	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)

#EDD553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.174 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed92',
    500: '#a6e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e461;
$custom-light: #c4ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.397,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E461

secondary

#723BAE

accent

#13D36E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E461

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

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