#A5E456#A5E456

#A5E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.183 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E456
RGB	rgb(165, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -41.71, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 73.97, 124.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.1176 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.183 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9399, 64.1568, 18.8181)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E456 #9556E4

analogous

#E4DC56 #A5E456 #5EE456

triadic

#A5E456 #56A5E4 #E456A5

tetradic

#A5E456 #56E4DC #9556E4 #E4565E

square

#A5E456 #56E4DC #9556E4 #E4565E

split-complementary

#A5E456 #565EE4 #DC56E4

monochromatic

#68A51A #89DA23 #A5E456 #C1EC8B #DDF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A5E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#A5E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E456

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E456	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.183 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ed8b',
    500: '#a5e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e456;
$custom-light: #c3ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.62,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84827,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E456

secondary

#6937A7

accent

#11D568

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E456

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

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