#5B9518#5B9518

#5B9518 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.160 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9518
RGB	rgb(91, 149, 24)
HSL	hsl(88, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(88, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 83.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -38.23, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 66.16, 125.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.1083 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.16 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2265, 23.7843, 4.6525)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9518 #521895

analogous

#959118 #5B9518 #1D9518

triadic

#5B9518 #185B95 #95185B

tetradic

#5B9518 #189591 #521895 #95181D

square

#5B9518 #189591 #521895 #95181D

split-complementary

#5B9518 #181D95 #911895

monochromatic

#1B2C07 #3B6010 #5B9518 #7BCA20 #99E146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#5B9518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#5B9518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9518

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9518	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C8F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 149, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.160 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb462',
    500: '#5b9518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9518;
$custom-light: #8fb462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.84,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6068,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9518

secondary

#8046C2

accent

#39EF8D

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9518

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

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