#5B9916#5B9916

#5B9916 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.166 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9916
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(88, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(88, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, -40.04, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 68.54, 125.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.1132 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.166 133)
XYZ	xyz(15.8502, 25.0638, 4.7615)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9916 #541699

analogous

#999616 #5B9916 #1A9916

triadic

#5B9916 #165B99 #99165B

tetradic

#5B9916 #169996 #541699 #99161A

square

#5B9916 #169996 #541699 #99161A

split-complementary

#5B9916 #161A99 #961699

monochromatic

#1B2E07 #3B630E #5B9916 #7BCF1E #99E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#5B9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#5B9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9916

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9916	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B9282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.166 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb762',
    500: '#5b9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9916;
$custom-light: #8fb762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.397,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61714,
    "c": 0.16608,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.25065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9916

secondary

#8246C5

accent

#36F18F

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9916

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

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