#A5D538#A5D538

#A5D538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.185 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D538
RGB	rgb(165, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -37.04, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 77.21, 118.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1072 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.185 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0254, 55.8728, 12.4164)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D538 #6838D5

analogous

#D5B638 #A5D538 #56D538

triadic

#A5D538 #38A5D5 #D538A5

tetradic

#A5D538 #38D5B6 #6838D5 #D53856

square

#A5D538 #38D5B6 #6838D5 #D53856

split-complementary

#A5D538 #3856D5 #B638D5

monochromatic

#5C791A #82AC24 #A5D538 #BCE06B #D3EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A5D538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#A5D538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D538

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D538	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACCBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.185 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e27a',
    500: '#a5d538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d538;
$custom-light: #c4e27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.344,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81106,
    "c": 0.18483,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D538

secondary

#493081

accent

#40E873

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D538

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

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