#85AE38#85AE38

#85AE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.152 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AE38
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -31.60, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 62.34, 120.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0904 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.152 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5228, 35.5438, 9.2566)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AE38 #6138AE

analogous

#AE9C38 #85AE38 #4AAE38

triadic

#85AE38 #3885AE #AE3885

tetradic

#85AE38 #38AE9C #6138AE #AE384A

square

#85AE38 #38AE9C #6138AE #AE384A

split-complementary

#85AE38 #384AAE #9C38AE

monochromatic

#3E511A #628029 #85AE38 #A3CA59 #BDD988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#85AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#85AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AE38

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AE38	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)

#B7A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.152 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc675',
    500: '#85ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ae38;
$custom-light: #acc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.847,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6976,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AE38

secondary

#977FC3

accent

#4DDB7E

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#101309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AE38

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

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