#508B16#508B16

#508B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.155 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B16
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(90, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -37.99, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 63.55, 126.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.107 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.155 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6855, 20.2280, 3.9949)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B16 #51168B

analogous

#8B8B16 #508B16 #168B16

triadic

#508B16 #16508B #8B1650

tetradic

#508B16 #168B8B #51168B #8B1616

square

#508B16 #168B8B #51168B #8B1616

split-complementary

#508B16 #16168B #8B168B

monochromatic

#132105 #32560E #508B16 #6EC01E #8DE03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#508B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#508B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B16

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B16	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.155 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ad5f',
    500: '#508b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b16;
$custom-light: #87ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.256,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57435,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B16

secondary

#7F3EBF

accent

#38EF95

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B16

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

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