#A5CD42#A5CD42

#A5CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.169 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5CD42
RGB	rgb(165, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -32.80, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 70.10, 117.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0948 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.169 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3321, 52.0550, 13.1814)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5CD42 #6A42CD

analogous

#CDAF42 #A5CD42 #5FCD42

triadic

#A5CD42 #42A5CD #CD42A5

tetradic

#A5CD42 #42CDAF #6A42CD #CD425F

square

#A5CD42 #42CDAF #6A42CD #CD425F

split-complementary

#A5CD42 #425FCD #AF42CD

monochromatic

#5D761F #83A62C #A5CD42 #BCDA72 #D3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A5CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#A5CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5CD42

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5CD42	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.169 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dc7e',
    500: '#a5cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5cd42;
$custom-light: #c3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.266,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79324,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5CD42

secondary

#4A357E

accent

#46E173

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5CD42

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

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