#5E8A42#5E8A42

#5E8A42 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.113 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8A42
RGB	rgb(94, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(97, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(97, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -28.65, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 44.13, 130.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0791 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.113 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6876, 20.9495, 8.4230)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8A42 #6E428A

analogous

#828A42 #5E8A42 #428A4A

triadic

#5E8A42 #425E8A #8A425E

tetradic

#5E8A42 #42828A #6E428A #8A4A42

square

#5E8A42 #42828A #6E428A #8A4A42

split-complementary

#5E8A42 #4A428A #8A4282

monochromatic

#26371A #42612E #5E8A42 #7BB059 #9CC483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#5E8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#5E8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8A42

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8A42	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E8579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.113 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eac78',
    500: '#5e8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8a42;
$custom-light: #8eac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58408,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8A42

secondary

#9A79AE

accent

#5CCBA0

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4ED

border

#CBCEC8

text

#0C1009

muted

#7D7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8A42

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

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