#A5E231#A5E231

#A5E231 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.204 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E231
RGB	rgb(165, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(81, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -43.12, 73.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 85.09, 120.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.1243 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.204 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2679, 62.6128, 12.7110)
Luminance	0.6261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E231 #6E31E2

analogous

#E2C731 #A5E231 #4DE231

triadic

#A5E231 #31A5E2 #E231A5

tetradic

#A5E231 #31E2C7 #6E31E2 #E2314D

square

#A5E231 #31E2C7 #6E31E2 #E2314D

split-complementary

#A5E231 #314DE2 #C731E2

monochromatic

#5E8613 #84BB1A #A5E231 #BCEA67 #D4F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A5E231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#A5E231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E231

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E231	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.204 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eb78',
    500: '#a5e231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e231;
$custom-light: #c5eb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.678,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84095,
    "c": 0.2036,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E231

secondary

#4D2B8C

accent

#36F277

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E231

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

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