#5E8E1B#5E8E1B

#5E8E1B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.149 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8E1B
RGB	rgb(94, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(85, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(85, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 0%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -33.86, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 61.48, 123.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0965 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.149 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4868, 21.8043, 4.4821)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8E1B #4B1B8E

analogous

#8E841B #5E8E1B #258E1B

triadic

#5E8E1B #1B5E8E #8E1B5E

tetradic

#5E8E1B #1B8E84 #4B1B8E #8E1B25

square

#5E8E1B #1B8E84 #4B1B8E #8E1B25

split-complementary

#5E8E1B #1B258E #841B8E

monochromatic

#1A2707 #3C5B11 #5E8E1B #80C125 #9EDC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#5E8E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#5E8E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8E1B

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8E1B	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#608879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.149 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90af62',
    500: '#5e8e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8e1b;
$custom-light: #90af62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.043,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59051,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8E1B

secondary

#7947BE

accent

#3DEB86

background

#F9FAF6

surface

#F1F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0D1006

muted

#7E7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8E1B

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

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