#A5E959#A5E959

#A5E959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.187 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5E959
RGB	rgb(165, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(88, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -43.65, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 75.37, 125.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.1227 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.187 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4587, 66.9970, 19.9332)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5E959 #9D59E9

analogous

#E9E559 #A5E959 #5DE959

triadic

#A5E959 #59A5E9 #E959A5

tetradic

#A5E959 #59E9E5 #9D59E9 #E9595D

square

#A5E959 #59E9E5 #9D59E9 #E9595D

split-complementary

#A5E959 #595DE9 #E559E9

monochromatic

#68B017 #88E223 #A5E959 #C2F08F #E0F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A5E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#A5E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5E959

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5E959	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8E0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.187 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3f08d',
    500: '#a5e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5e959;
$custom-light: #c3f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86017,
    "c": 0.18748,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5E959

secondary

#7035B1

accent

#0DD96D

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5E959

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

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