#5B9720#5B9720

#5B9720 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.159 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9720
RGB	rgb(91, 151, 32)
HSL	hsl(90, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(90, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -38.70, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 65.00, 126.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.109 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.159 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6415, 24.4609, 5.2635)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9720 #5C2097

analogous

#969720 #5B9720 #209720

triadic

#5B9720 #205B97 #97205B

tetradic

#5B9720 #209697 #5C2097 #972020

square

#5B9720 #209697 #5C2097 #972020

split-complementary

#5B9720 #202097 #972096

monochromatic

#1E320B #3D6415 #5B9720 #79C92B #98DB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#5B9720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#5B9720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9720

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9720	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B9181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 151, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.159 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb666',
    500: '#5b9720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9720;
$custom-light: #8fb666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.252,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61245,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9720

secondary

#8A54BF

accent

#40E895

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9720

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

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