#A5E359#A5E359

#A5E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.180 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E359
RGB	rgb(165, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -41.03, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 72.32, 124.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.1155 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.18 130)
XYZ	xyz(44.7890, 63.6576, 19.3766)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E359 #9759E3

analogous

#E3DC59 #A5E359 #60E359

triadic

#A5E359 #59A5E3 #E359A5

tetradic

#A5E359 #59E3DC #9759E3 #E35960

square

#A5E359 #59E3DC #9759E3 #E35960

split-complementary

#A5E359 #5960E3 #DC59E3

monochromatic

#68A61C #89DA25 #A5E359 #C1EC8D #DEF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#A5E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#A5E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E359

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E359	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)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.180 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ec8d',
    500: '#a5e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e359;
$custom-light: #c3ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.957,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84625,
    "c": 0.17976,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.63659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E359

secondary

#6A38A8

accent

#12D369

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E359

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

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