#859E16#859E16

#859E16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.151 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#859E16
RGB	rgb(133, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(71, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(71, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -25.64, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 65.39, 113.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0767 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.151 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0450, 29.4982, 5.2913)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#859E16 #2F169E

analogous

#9E7316 #859E16 #419E16

triadic

#859E16 #16859E #9E1685

tetradic

#859E16 #169E73 #2F169E #9E1641

square

#859E16 #169E73 #2F169E #9E1641

split-complementary

#859E16 #16419E #73169E

monochromatic

#2B3307 #58680F #859E16 #B2D41D #C9E649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#859E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#859E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #859E16

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##859E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##859E16	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #859e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.151 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acba64',
    500: '#859e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #859e16;
$custom-light: #acba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#859e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.029,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65697,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#859E16

secondary

#6049C7

accent

#36F258

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #859E16

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

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