#5A9E16#5A9E16

#5A9E16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.173 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9E16
RGB	rgb(90, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -42.48, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 71.07, 126.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.1197 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.173 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5878, 26.6844, 5.0355)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9E16 #5A169E

analogous

#9E9E16 #5A9E16 #169E16

triadic

#5A9E16 #165A9E #9E165A

tetradic

#5A9E16 #169E9E #5A169E #9E1616

square

#5A9E16 #169E9E #5A169E #9E1616

split-complementary

#5A9E16 #16169E #9E169E

monochromatic

#1D3307 #3B680F #5A9E16 #79D41D #97E649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5A9E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#5A9E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9E16

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9E16	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#599786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.173 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbb63',
    500: '#5a9e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9e16;
$custom-light: #8fbb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62966,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9E16

secondary

#8849C7

accent

#36F294

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9E16

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

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