#A5E357#A5E357

#A5E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.181 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E357
RGB	rgb(165, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -41.20, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 73.09, 124.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.1161 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.181 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7061, 63.6245, 18.9403)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E357 #9557E3

analogous

#E3DB57 #A5E357 #5FE357

triadic

#A5E357 #57A5E3 #E357A5

tetradic

#A5E357 #57E3DB #9557E3 #E3575F

square

#A5E357 #57E3DB #9557E3 #E3575F

split-complementary

#A5E357 #575FE3 #DB57E3

monochromatic

#68A41B #89D924 #A5E357 #C1EC8B #DDF4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#A5E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#A5E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E357

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E357	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.181 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ec8c',
    500: '#a5e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e357;
$custom-light: #c3ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84605,
    "c": 0.18132,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E357

secondary

#6938A7

accent

#12D368

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E357

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

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