#85B159#85B159

#85B159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B159
RGB	rgb(133, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(90, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -29.96, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 50.02, 126.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0831 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.127 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1978, 37.1515, 15.1873)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B159 #8559B1

analogous

#B1B159 #85B159 #59B159

triadic

#85B159 #5985B1 #B15985

tetradic

#85B159 #59B1B1 #8559B1 #B15959

square

#85B159 #59B1B1 #8559B1 #B15959

split-complementary

#85B159 #5959B1 #B159B1

monochromatic

#48622E #668B41 #85B159 #A4C583 #C2D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#85B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#85B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B159

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B159	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac88a',
    500: '#85b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b159;
$custom-light: #aac88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B159

secondary

#B3A0C6

accent

#5CCC94

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B159

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

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