#5B8A42#5B8A42

#5B8A42 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.114 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8A42
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(99, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -29.76, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 44.67, 131.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.082 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.114 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3859, 20.7939, 8.4088)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8A42 #71428A

analogous

#7F8A42 #5B8A42 #428A4D

triadic

#5B8A42 #425B8A #8A425B

tetradic

#5B8A42 #427F8A #71428A #8A4D42

square

#5B8A42 #427F8A #71428A #8A4D42

split-complementary

#5B8A42 #4D428A #8A427F

monochromatic

#24371A #40612E #5B8A42 #77B059 #99C483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#5B8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#5B8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8A42

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8A42	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.114 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cac78',
    500: '#5b8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8a42;
$custom-light: #8cac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.167,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58224,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8A42

secondary

#9C79AE

accent

#5CCBA5

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4ED

border

#CBCEC8

text

#0C1009

muted

#7D7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8A42

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

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