#5B9F16#5B9F16

#5B9F16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.173 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B9F16
RGB	rgb(91, 159, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -42.55, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 71.38, 126.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.1199 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.173 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8571, 27.0774, 5.0971)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B9F16 #5A169F

analogous

#9F9E16 #5B9F16 #169F16

triadic

#5B9F16 #165B9F #9F165B

tetradic

#5B9F16 #169F9E #5A169F #9F1616

square

#5B9F16 #169F9E #5A169F #9F1616

split-complementary

#5B9F16 #16169F #9E169F

monochromatic

#1D3307 #3C690F #5B9F16 #7AD51D #98E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5B9F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#5B9F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B9F16

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B9F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B9F16	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A9887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b9f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 159, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.173 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bc63',
    500: '#5b9f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b9f16;
$custom-light: #90bc63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b9f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.781,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63278,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B9F16

secondary

#884AC7

accent

#36F293

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B9F16

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

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