#A5D042#A5D042

#A5D042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.173 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D042
RGB	rgb(165, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -34.19, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 71.53, 118.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0986 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.173 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0566, 53.5040, 13.4229)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D042 #6D42D0

analogous

#D0B442 #A5D042 #5ED042

triadic

#A5D042 #42A5D0 #D042A5

tetradic

#A5D042 #42D0B4 #6D42D0 #D0425E

square

#A5D042 #42D0B4 #6D42D0 #D0425E

split-complementary

#A5D042 #425ED0 #B442D0

monochromatic

#5E791E #84AA2A #A5D042 #BCDC73 #D4E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#A5D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#A5D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D042

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D042	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.173 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3de7e',
    500: '#a5d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d042;
$custom-light: #c3de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.169,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D042

secondary

#4C3581

accent

#44E375

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D042

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

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