#85AE36#85AE36

#85AE36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.153 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AE36
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(81, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -31.74, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 63.08, 120.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.091 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.153 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4749, 35.5246, 9.0041)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AE36 #5F36AE

analogous

#AE9B36 #85AE36 #49AE36

triadic

#85AE36 #3685AE #AE3685

tetradic

#85AE36 #36AE9B #5F36AE #AE3649

square

#85AE36 #36AE9B #5F36AE #AE3649

split-complementary

#85AE36 #3649AE #9B36AE

monochromatic

#3E5119 #617F28 #85AE36 #A3CB56 #BDD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#85AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#85AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AE36

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AE36	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.153 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc674',
    500: '#85ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ae36;
$custom-light: #acc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.15315,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AE36

secondary

#957DC3

accent

#4CDC7D

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#101309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AE36

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

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