#A6E856#A6E856

#A6E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.188 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E856
RGB	rgb(166, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -43.10, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 75.85, 124.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.1215 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.188 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2619, 66.4908, 19.1989)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E856 #9856E8

analogous

#E8E156 #A6E856 #5DE856

triadic

#A6E856 #56A6E8 #E856A6

tetradic

#A6E856 #56E8E1 #9856E8 #E8565D

square

#A6E856 #56E8E1 #9856E8 #E8565D

split-complementary

#A6E856 #565DE8 #E156E8

monochromatic

#69AC17 #8AE120 #A6E856 #C2EF8C #DFF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A6E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#A6E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E856

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E856	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.188 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ef8c',
    500: '#a6e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e856;
$custom-light: #c4ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.123,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85815,
    "c": 0.18799,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E856

secondary

#6B35AD

accent

#0DD869

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E856

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

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