#A5D179#A5D179

#A5D179 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D179
RGB	rgb(165, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(90, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(90, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 42.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -29.48, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 48.87, 127.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0811 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.125 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7681, 54.9800, 26.4971)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D179 #A579D1

analogous

#D1D179 #A5D179 #79D179

triadic

#A5D179 #79A5D1 #D179A5

tetradic

#A5D179 #79D1D1 #A579D1 #D17979

square

#A5D179 #79D1D1 #A579D1 #D17979

split-complementary

#A5D179 #7979D1 #D179D1

monochromatic

#689B35 #86C14B #A5D179 #C4E1A7 #E2F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#A5D179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#A5D179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D179

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D179	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1dfa1',
    500: '#a5d179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d179;
$custom-light: #c1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80895,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D179

secondary

#774EA0

accent

#29BC73

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#12150F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D179

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

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