#509E16#509E16

#509E16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.178 H 136.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#509E16
RGBrgb(80, 158, 22)
HSLhsl(94, 76%, 35%)
HSVhsv(94, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(49.4%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(58.24, -45.79, 56.42)
CIE-LCHlch(58.24, 72.66, 129.06°)
OKLaboklab(62.49% -0.1279 0.1234)
OKLCHoklch(62.49% 0.178 136)
XYZxyz(15.6795, 26.2161, 4.9929)
Luminance0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#509E16 #64169E
analogous
#949E16 #509E16 #169E20
triadic
#509E16 #16509E #9E1650
tetradic
#509E16 #16949E #64169E #9E2016
square
#509E16 #16949E #64169E #9E2016
split-complementary
#509E16 #20169E #9E1694
monochromatic
#1A3307 #35680F #509E16 #6BD41D #8CE649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36
#509E16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24
#509E16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509E16
6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##509E16#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##509E161.003.366.246.24
#FFFFFF3.361.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2421.001.001.00
##0000006.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8A28
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4C9886
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #509e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.178 136.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bb63',
    500: '#509e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #509e16;
$custom-light: #89bb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#509e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.17772,
    "h": 136
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#509E16
secondary
#9149C7
accent
#36F2A2
background
#F8FBF6
surface
#F0F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0C1206
muted
#7D817A

Preview Lab

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#509E16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva