#A5C256#A5C256

#A5C256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C256
RGB	rgb(165, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(76, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -26.06, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 56.59, 117.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0742 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.139 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4888, 47.2547, 16.0011)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C256 #7356C2

analogous

#C2A956 #A5C256 #6FC256

triadic

#A5C256 #56A5C2 #C256A5

tetradic

#A5C256 #56C2A9 #7356C2 #C2566F

square

#A5C256 #56C2A9 #7356C2 #C2566F

split-complementary

#A5C256 #566FC2 #A956C2

monochromatic

#60742A #85A13A #A5C256 #BDD283 #D5E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A5C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#A5C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C256

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C256	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d489',
    500: '#a5c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c256;
$custom-light: #c2d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.111,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76991,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C256

secondary

#AFA3D1

accent

#51D775

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C256

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

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