#85A221#85A221

#85A221 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.151 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A221
RGB	rgb(133, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(73, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(73, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -27.18, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 64.33, 115.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0802 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.151 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8681, 30.9370, 6.2052)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A221 #3E21A2

analogous

#A27E21 #85A221 #45A221

triadic

#85A221 #2185A2 #A22185

tetradic

#85A221 #21A27E #3E21A2 #A22145

square

#85A221 #21A27E #3E21A2 #A22145

split-complementary

#85A221 #2145A2 #7E21A2

monochromatic

#323C0C #5B6F17 #85A221 #AED42C #C2DE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#85A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#85A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A221

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A221	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C998A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.151 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbd68',
    500: '#85a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a221;
$custom-light: #acbd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.488,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66709,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A221

secondary

#735CC3

accent

#3FE965

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A221

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

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