#A5D459#A5D459

#A5D459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.160 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D459
RGB	rgb(165, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -34.28, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 64.60, 122.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0968 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.16 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8636, 55.8069, 18.0682)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D459 #8859D4

analogous

#D4C659 #A5D459 #68D459

triadic

#A5D459 #59A5D4 #D459A5

tetradic

#A5D459 #59D4C6 #8859D4 #D45968

square

#A5D459 #59D4C6 #8859D4 #D45968

split-complementary

#A5D459 #5968D4 #C659D4

monochromatic

#668E25 #89BE31 #A5D459 #BFE18A #DAEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A5D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#A5D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D459

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D459	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AACBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.160 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2e18c',
    500: '#a5d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d459;
$custom-light: #c2e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.927,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81155,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D459

secondary

#5E3E94

accent

#46E281

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D459

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

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