#A5CE51#A5CE51
#A5CE51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.159 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A5CE51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 206, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(80, 56%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(80, 61%, 81%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.72, -32.18, 56.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.72, 64.81, 119.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.69% -0.0917 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.69% 0.159 125.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.0737, 52.7356, 15.9034) |
| Luminance | 0.5274 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 2.96
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 4.91
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.98
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 5.55
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 5.96
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A5CE51 #7A51CE
analogous
#CEB951 #A5CE51 #67CE51
triadic
#A5CE51 #51A5CE #CE51A5
tetradic
#A5CE51 #51CEB9 #7A51CE #CE5167
square
#A5CE51 #51CEB9 #7A51CE #CE5167
split-complementary
#A5CE51 #5167CE #B951CE
monochromatic
#628024 #87B032 #A5CE51 #BEDB81 #D6E9B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#A5CE51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.55
#A5CE51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A5CE51
11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A5CE51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A5CE51 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.55 | 11.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C243
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C05A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACC5B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a5ce51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 206, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.159 125.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2dd87',
500: '#a5ce51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a5ce51; $custom-light: #c2dd87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a5ce51",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 206,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 79.68,
"s": 56.054,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79689,
"c": 0.15897,
"h": 125.2
},
"luminance": 0.52736
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A5CE51
secondary
#543B88
accent
#48DF7A
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FCF3
border
#D2D5CD
text
#13150C
muted
#82847F