#A5C916#A5C916

#A5C916 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.185 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5C916
RGB	rgb(165, 201, 22)
HSL	hsl(72, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(72, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -32.81, 73.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 80.26, 114.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0978 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.185 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5492, 49.8305, 8.4517)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5C916 #3A16C9

analogous

#C99316 #A5C916 #4BC916

triadic

#A5C916 #16A5C9 #C916A5

tetradic

#A5C916 #16C993 #3A16C9 #C9164B

square

#A5C916 #16C993 #3A16C9 #C9164B

split-complementary

#A5C916 #164BC9 #9316C9

monochromatic

#4A5B0A #789210 #A5C916 #C4E933 #D4EF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A5C916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#A5C916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5C916

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5C916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5C916	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5c916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 201, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.185 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d96b',
    500: '#a5c916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5c916;
$custom-light: #c4d96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5c916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.067,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78169,
    "c": 0.18506,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5C916

secondary

#7D67D4

accent

#31F759

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5C916

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

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