#A5C042#A5C042

#A5C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C042
RGB	rgb(165, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -26.65, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 63.93, 114.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0778 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.153 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3506, 46.0920, 12.1875)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C042 #5D42C0

analogous

#C09C42 #A5C042 #66C042

triadic

#A5C042 #42A5C0 #C042A5

tetradic

#A5C042 #42C09C #5D42C0 #C04266

square

#A5C042 #42C09C #5D42C0 #C04266

split-complementary

#A5C042 #4266C0 #9C42C0

monochromatic

#576622 #7F9431 #A5C042 #BBCF70 #D1DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A5C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#A5C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C042

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C042	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d37d',
    500: '#a5c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c042;
$custom-light: #c3d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76332,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C042

secondary

#9F93CB

accent

#4EDA6C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C042

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

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