#A6E857#A6E857

#A6E857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.187 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E857
RGB	rgb(166, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -43.02, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 75.47, 124.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.1212 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.187 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3024, 66.5070, 19.4126)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E857 #9957E8

analogous

#E8E157 #A6E857 #5EE857

triadic

#A6E857 #57A6E8 #E857A6

tetradic

#A6E857 #57E8E1 #9957E8 #E8575E

square

#A6E857 #57E8E1 #9957E8 #E8575E

split-complementary

#A6E857 #575EE8 #E157E8

monochromatic

#69AD18 #89E121 #A6E857 #C3EF8D #DFF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A6E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#A6E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E857

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E857	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)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.187 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ef8c',
    500: '#a6e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e857;
$custom-light: #c4ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.31,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85825,
    "c": 0.18724,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E857

secondary

#6C35AE

accent

#0DD86A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E857

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

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