#A6E659#A6E659

#A6E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.183 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E659
RGB	rgb(166, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -41.99, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 73.70, 124.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.1182 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.183 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8255, 65.4206, 19.6623)
Luminance	0.6542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E659 #9959E6

analogous

#E6DF59 #A6E659 #60E659

triadic

#A6E659 #59A6E6 #E659A6

tetradic

#A6E659 #59E6DF #9959E6 #E65960

square

#A6E659 #59E6DF #9959E6 #E65960

split-complementary

#A6E659 #5960E6 #DF59E6

monochromatic

#69AB1A #89DE24 #A6E659 #C3EE8E #DFF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A6E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#A6E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E659

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E659	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.183 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ee8d',
    500: '#a6e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e659;
$custom-light: #c4ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.234,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8538,
    "c": 0.18315,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E659

secondary

#6C37AC

accent

#10D66A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E659

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

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