#85B538#85B538

#85B538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.161 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B538
RGB	rgb(133, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(83, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -34.85, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 65.86, 121.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0993 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.161 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9105, 38.3192, 9.7192)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B538 #6838B5

analogous

#B5A738 #85B538 #47B538

triadic

#85B538 #3885B5 #B53885

tetradic

#85B538 #38B5A7 #6838B5 #B53847

square

#85B538 #38B5A7 #6838B5 #B53847

split-complementary

#85B538 #3847B5 #A738B5

monochromatic

#40581B #63862A #85B538 #A2CD5D #BDDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#85B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#85B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B538

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B538	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)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.161 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accb76',
    500: '#85b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b538;
$custom-light: #accb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.04,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71451,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B538

secondary

#9D83C6

accent

#4CDC83

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B538

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →