#A5E356#A5E356

#A5E356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.182 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E356
RGB	rgb(165, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -41.28, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 73.47, 124.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.1164 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.182 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6656, 63.6082, 18.7266)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E356 #9456E3

analogous

#E3DB56 #A5E356 #5FE356

triadic

#A5E356 #56A5E3 #E356A5

tetradic

#A5E356 #56E3DB #9456E3 #E3565F

square

#A5E356 #56E3DB #9456E3 #E3565F

split-complementary

#A5E356 #565FE3 #DB56E3

monochromatic

#68A41B #89D824 #A5E356 #C1EC8B #DDF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#A5E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#A5E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E356

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E356	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.182 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ec8b',
    500: '#a5e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e356;
$custom-light: #c3ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.383,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84595,
    "c": 0.18209,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E356

secondary

#6837A6

accent

#12D467

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E356

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

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