#85B42B#85B42B

#85B42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.167 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B42B
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(81, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -35.17, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 69.71, 120.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1013 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.167 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4303, 37.8029, 8.1892)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B42B #5A2BB4

analogous

#B49E2B #85B42B #40B42B

triadic

#85B42B #2B85B4 #B42B85

tetradic

#85B42B #2BB49E #5A2BB4 #B42B40

square

#85B42B #2BB49E #5A2BB4 #B42B40

split-complementary

#85B42B #2B40B4 #9E2BB4

monochromatic

#3C5113 #60831F #85B42B #A4D349 #BDDF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#85B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#85B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B42B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B42B	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AAC9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.167 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adca6f',
    500: '#85b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b42b;
$custom-light: #adca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.584,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.16749,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B42B

secondary

#9073C7

accent

#43E57B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B42B

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

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