#A5E557#A5E557

#A5E557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.184 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E557
RGB	rgb(165, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -42.07, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 74.10, 124.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.1185 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.184 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2563, 64.7248, 19.1237)
Luminance	0.6473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E557 #9757E5

analogous

#E5DE57 #A5E557 #5EE557

triadic

#A5E557 #57A5E5 #E557A5

tetradic

#A5E557 #57E5DE #9757E5 #E5575E

square

#A5E557 #57E5DE #9757E5 #E5575E

split-complementary

#A5E557 #575EE5 #DE57E5

monochromatic

#68A81A #89DD22 #A5E557 #C1ED8C #DEF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A5E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#A5E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E557

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E557	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.184 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ed8c',
    500: '#a5e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e557;
$custom-light: #c3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.042,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85069,
    "c": 0.18389,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E557

secondary

#6A37AA

accent

#10D569

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E557

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

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