#5B9537#5B9537

#5B9537 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.141 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9537
RGB	rgb(91, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(97, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(97, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 63.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -36.06, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 55.82, 130.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.1001 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.141 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7511, 23.9941, 7.4151)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9537 #713795

analogous

#8A9537 #5B9537 #379542

triadic

#5B9537 #375B95 #95375B

tetradic

#5B9537 #378A95 #713795 #954237

square

#5B9537 #378A95 #713795 #954237

split-complementary

#5B9537 #423795 #95378A

monochromatic

#243C16 #406827 #5B9537 #77BD4C #99CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#5B9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#5B9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9537

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9537	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A9081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.141 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db472',
    500: '#5b9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9537;
$custom-light: #8db472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.021,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6092,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9537

secondary

#9C71B6

accent

#52D6A3

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F6ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0D1108

muted

#7D807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9537

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

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