#A5CE38#A5CE38

#A5CE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.177 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5CE38
RGB	rgb(165, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(76, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -33.85, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 74.00, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0985 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.177 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3026, 52.4272, 11.8422)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5CE38 #6138CE

analogous

#CEAC38 #A5CE38 #5ACE38

triadic

#A5CE38 #38A5CE #CE38A5

tetradic

#A5CE38 #38CEAC #6138CE #CE385A

square

#A5CE38 #38CEAC #6138CE #CE385A

split-complementary

#A5CE38 #385ACE #AC38CE

monochromatic

#59701C #80A128 #A5CE38 #BBDA69 #D1E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A5CE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#A5CE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5CE38

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5CE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5CE38	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.177 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dd79',
    500: '#a5ce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ce38;
$custom-light: #c3dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79482,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5CE38

secondary

#453179

accent

#44E470

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5CE38

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

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