#85AE21#85AE21

#85AE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.165 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AE21
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(77, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(77, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -32.88, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 69.77, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0957 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.165 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0836, 35.3681, 6.9438)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AE21 #4A21AE

analogous

#AE9021 #85AE21 #3EAE21

triadic

#85AE21 #2185AE #AE2185

tetradic

#85AE21 #21AE90 #4A21AE #AE213E

square

#85AE21 #21AE90 #4A21AE #AE213E

split-complementary

#85AE21 #213EAE #9021AE

monochromatic

#36470D #5E7B17 #85AE21 #A9D834 #BEE267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#85AE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#85AE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AE21

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AE21	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.165 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc66a',
    500: '#85ae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ae21;
$custom-light: #adc66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AE21

secondary

#8063C8

accent

#3DEB6F

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AE21

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

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