#A6E55E#A6E55E
#A6E55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.178 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A6E55E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 229, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(88, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(88, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.46, -41.12, 58.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.46, 71.24, 125.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.2% -0.1154 0.1354) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.2% 0.178 130.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.7652, 64.9525, 20.7134) |
| Luminance | 0.6495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.51
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.77
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.56
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.69
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.12
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A6E55E #9D5EE5
analogous
#E5E15E #A6E55E #62E55E
triadic
#A6E55E #5EA6E5 #E55EA6
tetradic
#A6E55E #5EE5E1 #9D5EE5 #E55E62
square
#A6E55E #5EE5E1 #9D5EE5 #E55E62
split-complementary
#A6E55E #5E62E5 #E15EE5
monochromatic
#69AD1C #89DC29 #A6E55E #C3EE93 #E0F6C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#A6E55E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.99
#A6E55E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A6E55E
13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A6E55E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A6E55E | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.99 | 13.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD64F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D168
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9DCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a6e55e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 229, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.178 130.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4ed90',
500: '#a6e55e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a6e55e; $custom-light: #c4ed90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a6e55e",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 229,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 88,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85199,
"c": 0.17786,
"h": 130.4
},
"luminance": 0.64954
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A6E55E
secondary
#7039AE
accent
#11D46C
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#82857F