#A5E256#A5E256

#A5E256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.181 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E256
RGB	rgb(165, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -40.84, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 72.96, 124.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.1152 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.181 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3928, 63.0628, 18.6357)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E256 #9356E2

analogous

#E2D956 #A5E256 #5FE256

triadic

#A5E256 #56A5E2 #E256A5

tetradic

#A5E256 #56E2D9 #9356E2 #E2565F

square

#A5E256 #56E2D9 #9356E2 #E2565F

split-complementary

#A5E256 #565FE2 #D956E2

monochromatic

#67A21C #89D625 #A5E256 #C1EB8A #DDF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A5E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#A5E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E256

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E256	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9D9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.181 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3eb8b',
    500: '#a5e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e256;
$custom-light: #c3eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84363,
    "c": 0.1808,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E256

secondary

#6738A5

accent

#13D366

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E256

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

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