#A5E561#A5E561

#A5E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.176 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E561
RGB	rgb(165, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -41.21, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 70.20, 125.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.1153 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.176 131)
XYZ	xyz(45.6935, 64.8997, 21.4264)
Luminance	0.6490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E561 #A161E5

analogous

#E5E361 #A5E561 #63E561

triadic

#A5E561 #61A5E5 #E561A5

tetradic

#A5E561 #61E5E3 #A161E5 #E56163

square

#A5E561 #61E5E3 #A161E5 #E56163

split-complementary

#A5E561 #6163E5 #E361E5

monochromatic

#68AF1D #87DC2C #A5E561 #C3EE96 #E1F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A5E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#A5E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E561

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E561	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.176 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ed92',
    500: '#a5e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e561;
$custom-light: #c3ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85172,
    "c": 0.17587,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.64901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E561

secondary

#733AB0

accent

#12D470

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E561

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

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