#A5C857#A5C857

#A5C857 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.146 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C857
RGB	rgb(165, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -28.85, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 59.24, 119.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0819 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.146 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8918, 49.9957, 16.6689)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C857 #7A57C8

analogous

#C8B357 #A5C857 #6DC857

triadic

#A5C857 #57A5C8 #C857A5

tetradic

#A5C857 #57C8B3 #7A57C8 #C8576D

square

#A5C857 #57C8B3 #7A57C8 #C8576D

split-complementary

#A5C857 #576DC8 #B357C8

monochromatic

#627C29 #87AA38 #A5C857 #BED785 #D6E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A5C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#A5C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C857

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C857	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.146 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2d88a',
    500: '#a5c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c857;
$custom-light: #c2d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.584,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C857

secondary

#B5A6D5

accent

#4EDA79

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C857

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

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