#5A9F16#5A9F16

#5A9F16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.174 H 134.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A9F16
RGB	rgb(90, 159, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -42.90, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 71.54, 126.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.1208 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.174 134)
XYZ	xyz(16.7591, 27.0269, 5.0926)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A9F16 #5B169F

analogous

#9E9F16 #5A9F16 #169F16

triadic

#5A9F16 #165A9F #9F165A

tetradic

#5A9F16 #169E9F #5B169F #9F1616

square

#5A9F16 #169E9F #5B169F #9F1616

split-complementary

#5A9F16 #16169F #9F169E

monochromatic

#1D3307 #3C690F #5A9F16 #78D51D #97E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#5A9F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#5A9F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5A9F16

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A9F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5A9F16	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#599887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a9f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 159, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.174 134.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbc63',
    500: '#5a9f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a9f16;
$custom-light: #8fbc63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a9f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.219,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63227,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 134
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A9F16

secondary

#894AC7

accent

#36F295

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A9F16

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

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