#85AE23#85AE23

#85AE23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.164 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AE23
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(78, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(78, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -32.80, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 69.23, 118.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0954 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.164 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1125, 35.3796, 7.0957)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AE23 #4C23AE

analogous

#AE9123 #85AE23 #3FAE23

triadic

#85AE23 #2385AE #AE2385

tetradic

#85AE23 #23AE91 #4C23AE #AE233F

square

#85AE23 #23AE91 #4C23AE #AE233F

split-complementary

#85AE23 #233FAE #9123AE

monochromatic

#37480F #5E7B19 #85AE23 #A8D737 #BEE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#85AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#85AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AE23

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AE23	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.164 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc66b',
    500: '#85ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ae23;
$custom-light: #adc66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.698,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AE23

secondary

#8266C7

accent

#3EE971

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AE23

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

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