#5B9E16#5B9E16

#5B9E16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9E16
RGB	rgb(91, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -42.14, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 70.91, 126.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.1188 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.172 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6858, 26.7349, 5.0401)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9E16 #59169E

analogous

#9E9D16 #5B9E16 #179E16

triadic

#5B9E16 #165B9E #9E165B

tetradic

#5B9E16 #169E9D #59169E #9E1617

square

#5B9E16 #169E9D #59169E #9E1617

split-complementary

#5B9E16 #16179E #9D169E

monochromatic

#1D3307 #3C680F #5B9E16 #7AD41D #98E649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#5B9E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#5B9E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9E16

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9E16	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B9786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bb63',
    500: '#5b9e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9e16;
$custom-light: #90bb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63018,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9E16

secondary

#8749C7

accent

#36F293

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9E16

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

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