#A5E559#A5E559

#A5E559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.182 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E559
RGB	rgb(165, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -41.91, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 73.34, 124.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.1179 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.182 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3392, 64.7580, 19.5600)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E559 #9959E5

analogous

#E5DF59 #A5E559 #5FE559

triadic

#A5E559 #59A5E5 #E559A5

tetradic

#A5E559 #59E5DF #9959E5 #E5595F

square

#A5E559 #59E5DF #9959E5 #E5595F

split-complementary

#A5E559 #595FE5 #DF59E5

monochromatic

#68A91A #88DD24 #A5E559 #C2ED8E #DEF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A5E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#A5E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E559

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E559	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)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.182 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ed8d',
    500: '#a5e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e559;
$custom-light: #c3ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85089,
    "c": 0.18234,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E559

secondary

#6C37AB

accent

#10D56A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E559

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

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