#85B537#85B537

#85B537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.161 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B537
RGB	rgb(133, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(83, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(83, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -34.92, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 66.22, 121.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0996 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.161 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8863, 38.3095, 9.5916)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B537 #6737B5

analogous

#B5A637 #85B537 #46B537

triadic

#85B537 #3785B5 #B53785

tetradic

#85B537 #37B5A6 #6737B5 #B53746

square

#85B537 #37B5A6 #6737B5 #B53746

split-complementary

#85B537 #3746B5 #A637B5

monochromatic

#40571A #638629 #85B537 #A2CD5C #BDDC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#85B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#85B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B537

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B537	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AAD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.161 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accb75',
    500: '#85b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b537;
$custom-light: #accb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.16142,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B537

secondary

#9C82C6

accent

#4BDD83

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B537

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

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