#A5C242#A5C242

#A5C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.155 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C242
RGB	rgb(165, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -27.62, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 64.87, 115.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0804 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.155 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7927, 46.9763, 12.3349)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C242 #5F42C2

analogous

#C29F42 #A5C242 #65C242

triadic

#A5C242 #42A5C2 #C242A5

tetradic

#A5C242 #42C29F #5F42C2 #C24265

square

#A5C242 #42C29F #5F42C2 #C24265

split-complementary

#A5C242 #4265C2 #9F42C2

monochromatic

#586822 #7F9631 #A5C242 #BBD170 #D1E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A5C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#A5C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C242

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C242	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.155 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d47d',
    500: '#a5c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c242;
$custom-light: #c3d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.594,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C242

secondary

#A094CC

accent

#4DDB6D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C242

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

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