#85A231#85A231

#85A231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.141 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A231
RGB	rgb(133, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(75, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -26.33, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 59.00, 116.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0765 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.141 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1478, 31.0489, 7.6787)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A231 #4E31A2

analogous

#A28731 #85A231 #4DA231

triadic

#85A231 #3185A2 #A23185

tetradic

#85A231 #31A287 #4E31A2 #A2314D

square

#85A231 #31A287 #4E31A2 #A2314D

split-complementary

#85A231 #314DA2 #8731A2

monochromatic

#384415 #5E7323 #85A231 #A7C848 #BED677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#85A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#85A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A231

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A231	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.141 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abbd70',
    500: '#85a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a231;
$custom-light: #abbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.398,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A231

secondary

#8471BE

accent

#4BDD70

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F4F6ED

border

#CED0C8

text

#101208

muted

#7F817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A231

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

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