#85B255#85B255

#85B255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B255
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(89, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(89, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -30.88, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 52.39, 126.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0859 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.132 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2326, 37.4826, 14.3926)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B255 #8255B2

analogous

#B2B155 #85B255 #57B255

triadic

#85B255 #5585B2 #B25585

tetradic

#85B255 #55B2B1 #8255B2 #B25557

square

#85B255 #55B2B1 #8255B2 #B25557

split-complementary

#85B255 #5557B2 #B155B2

monochromatic

#47612C #668B3F #85B255 #A3C57F #C1D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#85B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#85B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B255

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B255	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc987',
    500: '#85b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b255;
$custom-light: #abc987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.032,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B255

secondary

#B19DC6

accent

#5ACE92

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B255

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

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