#A5CE42#A5CE42

#A5CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.170 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5CE42
RGB	rgb(165, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -33.27, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 70.57, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.096 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.17 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5720, 52.5350, 13.2614)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5CE42 #6B42CE

analogous

#CEB142 #A5CE42 #5FCE42

triadic

#A5CE42 #42A5CE #CE42A5

tetradic

#A5CE42 #42CEB1 #6B42CE #CE425F

square

#A5CE42 #42CEB1 #6B42CE #CE425F

split-complementary

#A5CE42 #425FCE #B142CE

monochromatic

#5D771F #83A72B #A5CE42 #BCDB73 #D3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A5CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#A5CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5CE42

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5CE42	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.170 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dd7e',
    500: '#a5ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5ce42;
$custom-light: #c3dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5CE42

secondary

#4B357F

accent

#46E274

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5CE42

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

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