#A5E859#A5E859

#A5E859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.186 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E859
RGB	rgb(165, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(88, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -43.21, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 74.86, 125.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.1215 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.186 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1764, 66.4325, 19.8391)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E859 #9C59E8

analogous

#E8E359 #A5E859 #5DE859

triadic

#A5E859 #59A5E8 #E859A5

tetradic

#A5E859 #59E8E3 #9C59E8 #E8595D

square

#A5E859 #59E8E3 #9C59E8 #E8595D

split-complementary

#A5E859 #595DE8 #E359E8

monochromatic

#68AE18 #88E123 #A5E859 #C2EF8F #DFF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A5E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#A5E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E859

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E859	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8DFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.186 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ef8d',
    500: '#a5e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e859;
$custom-light: #c3ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.112,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85785,
    "c": 0.1862,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E859

secondary

#6F36AF

accent

#0ED86C

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E859

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

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