#5A9916#5A9916

#5A9916 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.167 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9916
RGB	rgb(90, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(89, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -40.39, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 68.70, 126.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.1141 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.167 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7523, 25.0133, 4.7569)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9916 #551699

analogous

#999716 #5A9916 #199916

triadic

#5A9916 #165A99 #99165A

tetradic

#5A9916 #169997 #551699 #991619

square

#5A9916 #169997 #551699 #991619

split-complementary

#5A9916 #161999 #971699

monochromatic

#1B2E07 #3B630E #5A9916 #79CF1E #98E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#5A9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#5A9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9916

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9916	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A9382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.167 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb762',
    500: '#5a9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9916;
$custom-light: #8fb762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.855,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9916

secondary

#8346C5

accent

#36F190

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9916

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

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