#A5E159#A5E159

#A5E159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.177 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E159
RGB	rgb(165, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -40.15, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 71.30, 124.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.113 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.177 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2451, 62.5699, 19.1953)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E159 #9559E1

analogous

#E1D959 #A5E159 #61E159

triadic

#A5E159 #59A5E1 #E159A5

tetradic

#A5E159 #59E1D9 #9559E1 #E15961

square

#A5E159 #59E1D9 #9559E1 #E15961

split-complementary

#A5E159 #5961E1 #D959E1

monochromatic

#68A21D #89D627 #A5E159 #C1EA8D #DDF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A5E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#A5E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E159

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E159	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9D8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.177 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ea8d',
    500: '#a5e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e159;
$custom-light: #c3ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.471,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84161,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E159

secondary

#6939A5

accent

#14D168

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E159

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

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