#A5D559#A5D559

#A5D559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.161 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5D559
RGB	rgb(165, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -34.74, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 65.12, 122.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0981 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.161 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1144, 56.3084, 18.1518)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5D559 #8959D5

analogous

#D5C759 #A5D559 #67D559

triadic

#A5D559 #59A5D5 #D559A5

tetradic

#A5D559 #59D5C7 #8959D5 #D55967

square

#A5D559 #59D5C7 #8959D5 #D55967

split-complementary

#A5D559 #5967D5 #C759D5

monochromatic

#668F24 #89C031 #A5D559 #BFE18A #DAEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A5D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#A5D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5D559

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5D559	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AACCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.161 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2e28c',
    500: '#a5d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5d559;
$custom-light: #c2e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.226,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81386,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5D559

secondary

#5F3D95

accent

#45E382

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5D559

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

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