#A5E856#A5E856

#A5E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.188 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E856
RGB	rgb(165, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(88, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -43.46, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 75.99, 124.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.1224 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.188 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0530, 66.3831, 19.1891)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E856 #9956E8

analogous

#E8E256 #A5E856 #5CE856

triadic

#A5E856 #56A5E8 #E856A5

tetradic

#A5E856 #56E8E2 #9956E8 #E8565C

square

#A5E856 #56E8E2 #9956E8 #E8565C

split-complementary

#A5E856 #565CE8 #E256E8

monochromatic

#68AC17 #88E120 #A5E856 #C2EF8C #DEF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A5E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#A5E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E856

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E856	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8DFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.188 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ef8c',
    500: '#a5e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e856;
$custom-light: #c4ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.534,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85757,
    "c": 0.18847,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E856

secondary

#6C35AD

accent

#0DD86A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E856

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

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