#A5C838#A5C838

#A5C838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.169 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C838
RGB	rgb(165, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(75, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -31.07, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 71.26, 115.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0908 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.169 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8856, 49.5933, 11.3699)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C838 #5B38C8

analogous

#C8A338 #A5C838 #5DC838

triadic

#A5C838 #38A5C8 #C838A5

tetradic

#A5C838 #38C8A3 #5B38C8 #C8385D

square

#A5C838 #38C8A3 #5B38C8 #C8385D

split-complementary

#A5C838 #385DC8 #A338C8

monochromatic

#56691D #7E992A #A5C838 #BBD568 #D0E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#A5C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#A5C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C838

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C838	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.169 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d878',
    500: '#a5c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c838;
$custom-light: #c3d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78095,
    "c": 0.16938,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C838

secondary

#9D8ECE

accent

#48E06D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C838

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

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