#85AE37#85AE37

#85AE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.152 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AE37
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -31.67, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 62.71, 120.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0907 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.152 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4986, 35.5341, 9.1291)
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

#85AE37 #6037AE

analogous

#AE9B37 #85AE37 #4AAE37

triadic

#85AE37 #3785AE #AE3785

tetradic

#85AE37 #37AE9B #6037AE #AE374A

square

#85AE37 #37AE9B #6037AE #AE374A

split-complementary

#85AE37 #374AAE #9B37AE

monochromatic

#3E511A #617F28 #85AE37 #A3CA58 #BDD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#85AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#85AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AE37

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AE37	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.152 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc675',
    500: '#85ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ae37;
$custom-light: #acc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.672,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69751,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AE37

secondary

#967EC3

accent

#4CDB7E

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#101309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AE37

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

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