#A5E261#A5E261

#A5E261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.172 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E261
RGB	rgb(165, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(88, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -39.88, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 68.63, 125.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.1117 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.172 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8706, 63.2539, 21.1521)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E261 #9E61E2

analogous

#E2DE61 #A5E261 #64E261

triadic

#A5E261 #61A5E2 #E261A5

tetradic

#A5E261 #61E2DE #9E61E2 #E26164

square

#A5E261 #61E2DE #9E61E2 #E26164

split-complementary

#A5E261 #6164E2 #DE61E2

monochromatic

#68A91F #88D92D #A5E261 #C2EB95 #E0F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A5E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#A5E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E261

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E261	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.172 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3eb92',
    500: '#a5e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e261;
$custom-light: #c3eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.372,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84477,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E261

secondary

#713CAB

accent

#15D16E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E261

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

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