#A5C231#A5C231

#A5C231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.166 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C231
RGB	rgb(165, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -28.59, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 70.84, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0846 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.166 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3639, 46.8047, 10.0763)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C231 #4E31C2

analogous

#C29631 #A5C231 #5CC231

triadic

#A5C231 #31A5C2 #C231A5

tetradic

#A5C231 #31C296 #4E31C2 #C2315C

square

#A5C231 #31C296 #4E31C2 #C2315C

split-complementary

#A5C231 #315CC2 #9631C2

monochromatic

#526018 #7B9125 #A5C231 #BDD65B #D1E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A5C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#A5C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C231

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C231	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.166 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d474',
    500: '#a5c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c231;
$custom-light: #c3d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76667,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C231

secondary

#9183CC

accent

#45E365

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C231

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

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