#A6E861#A6E861

#A6E861 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.179 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6E861
RGB	rgb(166, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -42.17, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 71.61, 126.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.118 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.179 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7396, 66.6819, 21.7153)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6E861 #A361E8

analogous

#E8E661 #A6E861 #63E861

triadic

#A6E861 #61A6E8 #E861A6

tetradic

#A6E861 #61E8E6 #A361E8 #E86163

square

#A6E861 #61E8E6 #A361E8 #E86163

split-complementary

#A6E861 #6163E8 #E661E8

monochromatic

#69B41A #88E02C #A6E861 #C4F096 #E2F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A6E861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#A6E861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6E861

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6E861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6E861	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.179 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ef92',
    500: '#a6e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6e861;
$custom-light: #c4ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85925,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6E861

secondary

#7539B5

accent

#0FD771

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6E861

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

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