#5B8D16#5B8D16

#5B8D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.151 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8D16
RGB	rgb(91, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(85, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(85, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -34.79, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 62.77, 123.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0991 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.151 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9840, 21.3313, 4.1395)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8D16 #48168D

analogous

#8D8416 #5B8D16 #208D16

triadic

#5B8D16 #165B8D #8D165B

tetradic

#5B8D16 #168D84 #48168D #8D1620

square

#5B8D16 #168D84 #48168D #8D1620

split-complementary

#5B8D16 #16208D #84168D

monochromatic

#172305 #39580E #5B8D16 #7DC21E #9CE13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#5B8D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#5B8D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8D16

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8D16	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D8778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.151 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eae60',
    500: '#5b8d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8d16;
$custom-light: #8eae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.21,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58584,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8D16

secondary

#753EC1

accent

#38F085

background

#F9FAF6

surface

#F1F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0D1005

muted

#7E7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8D16

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

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