#A5E457#A5E457

#A5E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.183 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E457
RGB	rgb(165, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -41.63, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 73.59, 124.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.1173 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.183 130)
XYZ	xyz(44.9804, 64.1731, 19.0317)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E457 #9657E4

analogous

#E4DD57 #A5E457 #5EE457

triadic

#A5E457 #57A5E4 #E457A5

tetradic

#A5E457 #57E4DD #9657E4 #E4575E

square

#A5E457 #57E4DD #9657E4 #E4575E

split-complementary

#A5E457 #575EE4 #DD57E4

monochromatic

#68A61B #89DB23 #A5E457 #C1EC8C #DDF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A5E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#A5E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E457

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E457	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.183 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ed8c',
    500: '#a5e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e457;
$custom-light: #c3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.809,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84837,
    "c": 0.18261,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.64174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E457

secondary

#6A37A8

accent

#11D468

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E457

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

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