#85B238#85B238

#85B238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.157 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B238
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(82, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(82, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -33.47, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 64.35, 121.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0955 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.157 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3071, 37.1123, 9.5180)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B238 #6538B2

analogous

#B2A238 #85B238 #48B238

triadic

#85B238 #3885B2 #B23885

tetradic

#85B238 #38B2A2 #6538B2 #B23848

square

#85B238 #38B2A2 #6538B2 #B23848

split-complementary

#85B238 #3848B2 #A238B2

monochromatic

#3F551B #628329 #85B238 #A2CC5C #BDDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#85B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#85B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B238

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B238	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AAA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.157 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc975',
    500: '#85b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b238;
$custom-light: #acc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.131,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70725,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B238

secondary

#9A81C5

accent

#4CDC81

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#101309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B238

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

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