#A5E956#A5E956

#A5E956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.190 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E956
RGB	rgb(165, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(88, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -43.89, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 76.49, 125.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.1236 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.19 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3353, 66.9477, 19.2832)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E956 #9A56E9

analogous

#E9E356 #A5E956 #5CE956

triadic

#A5E956 #56A5E9 #E956A5

tetradic

#A5E956 #56E9E3 #9A56E9 #E9565C

square

#A5E956 #56E9E3 #9A56E9 #E9565C

split-complementary

#A5E956 #565CE9 #E356E9

monochromatic

#68AE17 #88E220 #A5E956 #C2F08C #DFF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A5E956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#A5E956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E956

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E956	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8E0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.190 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4f08c',
    500: '#a5e956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e956;
$custom-light: #c4f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.755,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85989,
    "c": 0.18974,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E956

secondary

#6D34AF

accent

#0CD96B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E956

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

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