#5B9922#5B9922

#5B9922 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.161 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9922
RGB	rgb(91, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(91, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(91, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -39.45, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 65.41, 127.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.1109 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.161 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9941, 25.1213, 5.5192)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9922 #602299

analogous

#979922 #5B9922 #229925

triadic

#5B9922 #225B99 #99225B

tetradic

#5B9922 #229799 #602299 #992522

square

#5B9922 #229799 #602299 #992522

split-complementary

#5B9922 #252299 #992297

monochromatic

#1F350C #3D6717 #5B9922 #79CB2D #98DB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#5B9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#5B9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9922

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9922	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B9383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.161 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb767',
    500: '#5b9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9922;
$custom-light: #8fb767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.261,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61778,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9922

secondary

#8E58BF

accent

#41E797

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9922

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

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