#5A9E17#5A9E17

#5A9E17 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9E17
RGB	rgb(90, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(90, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -42.44, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 70.85, 126.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.1195 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.172 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5977, 26.6883, 5.0873)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9E17 #5B179E

analogous

#9D9E17 #5A9E17 #179E17

triadic

#5A9E17 #175A9E #9E175A

tetradic

#5A9E17 #179D9E #5B179E #9E1717

square

#5A9E17 #179D9E #5B179E #9E1717

split-complementary

#5A9E17 #17179E #9E179D

monochromatic

#1D3307 #3C690F #5A9E17 #78D31F #97E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5A9E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#5A9E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9E17

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9E17	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)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#599786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbb63',
    500: '#5a9e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9e17;
$custom-light: #8fbb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.17225,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9E17

secondary

#894AC6

accent

#37F195

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9E17

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

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