#A6E561#A6E561

#A6E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.175 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E561
RGB	rgb(166, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -40.85, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 70.05, 125.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.1144 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.175 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9024, 65.0074, 21.4362)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E561 #A061E5

analogous

#E5E261 #A6E561 #64E561

triadic

#A6E561 #61A6E5 #E561A6

tetradic

#A6E561 #61E5E2 #A061E5 #E56164

square

#A6E561 #61E5E2 #A061E5 #E56164

split-complementary

#A6E561 #6164E5 #E261E5

monochromatic

#69AF1D #88DC2C #A6E561 #C4EE96 #E1F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A6E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#A6E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E561

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E561	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.175 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ed92',
    500: '#a6e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e561;
$custom-light: #c4ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85231,
    "c": 0.17539,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E561

secondary

#723AB0

accent

#12D46E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E561

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

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