#A5C438#A5C438

#A5C438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.165 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C438
RGB	rgb(165, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(73, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -29.18, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 69.44, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0857 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.165 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9713, 47.7647, 11.0651)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C438 #5738C4

analogous

#C49D38 #A5C438 #5FC438

triadic

#A5C438 #38A5C4 #C438A5

tetradic

#A5C438 #38C49D #5738C4 #C4385F

square

#A5C438 #38C49D #5738C4 #C4385F

split-complementary

#A5C438 #385FC4 #9D38C4

monochromatic

#55651D #7D942A #A5C438 #BBD366 #D0E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A5C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#A5C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C438

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C438	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.165 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d578',
    500: '#a5c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c438;
$custom-light: #c3d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77173,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C438

secondary

#9A8CCC

accent

#49DF6A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C438

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

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