#A5D242#A5D242

#A5D242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.175 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D242
RGB	rgb(165, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -35.10, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 72.48, 118.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.1011 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.175 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5473, 54.4854, 13.5864)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D242 #6F42D2

analogous

#D2B742 #A5D242 #5DD242

triadic

#A5D242 #42A5D2 #D242A5

tetradic

#A5D242 #42D2B7 #6F42D2 #D2425D

square

#A5D242 #42D2B7 #6F42D2 #D2425D

split-complementary

#A5D242 #425DD2 #B742D2

monochromatic

#5F7C1E #84AD29 #A5D242 #BDDE73 #D4EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#A5D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#A5D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D242

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D242	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.175 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3e07e',
    500: '#a5d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d242;
$custom-light: #c3e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D242

secondary

#4D3484

accent

#43E576

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D242

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

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