#A5E565#A5E565

#A5E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.172 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E565
RGB	rgb(165, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(90, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(90, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -40.83, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 68.58, 126.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.114 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.172 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8848, 64.9762, 22.4335)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi Green

#8EE53F

ΔE00 3.97

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E565 #A565E5

analogous

#E5E565 #A5E565 #65E565

triadic

#A5E565 #65A5E5 #E565A5

tetradic

#A5E565 #65E5E5 #A565E5 #E56565

square

#A5E565 #65E5E5 #A565E5 #E56565

split-complementary

#A5E565 #6565E5 #E565E5

monochromatic

#68B21E #86DC31 #A5E565 #C4EE99 #E2F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A5E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#A5E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E565

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E565	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.172 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ed95',
    500: '#a5e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e565;
$custom-light: #c3ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85216,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E565

secondary

#773CB2

accent

#12D373

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E565

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

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