#A6E559#A6E559

#A6E559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.182 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E559
RGB	rgb(166, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -41.55, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 73.19, 124.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.1169 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.182 130)
XYZ	xyz(45.5480, 64.8657, 19.5698)
Luminance	0.6487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E559 #9859E5

analogous

#E5DE59 #A6E559 #60E559

triadic

#A6E559 #59A6E5 #E559A6

tetradic

#A6E559 #59E5DE #9859E5 #E55960

square

#A6E559 #59E5DE #9859E5 #E55960

split-complementary

#A6E559 #5960E5 #DE59E5

monochromatic

#69A91A #8ADD24 #A6E559 #C2ED8E #DFF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A6E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#A6E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E559

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E559	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)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.182 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed8d',
    500: '#a6e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e559;
$custom-light: #c4ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85148,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.64867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E559

secondary

#6B37AB

accent

#10D569

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E559

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

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