#A6E557#A6E557

#A6E557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.183 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E557
RGB	rgb(166, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -41.71, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 73.96, 124.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.1176 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.183 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4652, 64.8325, 19.1335)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E557 #9657E5

analogous

#E5DD57 #A6E557 #5FE557

triadic

#A6E557 #57A6E5 #E557A6

tetradic

#A6E557 #57E5DD #9657E5 #E5575F

square

#A6E557 #57E5DD #9657E5 #E5575F

split-complementary

#A6E557 #575FE5 #DD57E5

monochromatic

#69A81A #8ADD22 #A6E557 #C2ED8C #DEF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A6E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#A6E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E557

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E557	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.183 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed8c',
    500: '#a6e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e557;
$custom-light: #c4ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.62,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85129,
    "c": 0.18341,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E557

secondary

#6A37AA

accent

#10D568

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E557

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

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