#85AE2B#85AE2B

#85AE2B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.160 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AE2B
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(79, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -32.41, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 66.86, 118.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0937 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.16 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2451, 35.4327, 7.7942)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AE2B #542BAE

analogous

#AE962B #85AE2B #43AE2B

triadic

#85AE2B #2B85AE #AE2B85

tetradic

#85AE2B #2BAE96 #542BAE #AE2B43

square

#85AE2B #2BAE96 #542BAE #AE2B43

split-complementary

#85AE2B #2B43AE #962BAE

monochromatic

#3A4C13 #5F7D1F #85AE2B #A5D145 #BDDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#85AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#85AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AE2B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AE2B	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.160 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc66e',
    500: '#85ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ae2b;
$custom-light: #acc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.779,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69663,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AE2B

secondary

#8A70C5

accent

#44E476

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AE2B

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

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