#85B231#85B231

#85B231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.162 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B231
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(81, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(81, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -33.92, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 66.82, 120.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0974 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.162 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1477, 37.0486, 8.6786)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B231 #5E31B2

analogous

#B29F31 #85B231 #45B231

triadic

#85B231 #3185B2 #B23185

tetradic

#85B231 #31B29F #5E31B2 #B23145

square

#85B231 #31B29F #5E31B2 #B23145

split-complementary

#85B231 #3145B2 #9F31B2

monochromatic

#3D5217 #618224 #85B231 #A3CF51 #BCDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#85B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#85B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B231

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B231	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AAA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.162 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc972',
    500: '#85b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b231;
$custom-light: #acc972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.93,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70671,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B231

secondary

#9479C5

accent

#48E07D

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B231

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

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