#85B557#85B557

#85B557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B557
RGB	rgb(133, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(91, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(91, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -32.07, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 53.20, 127.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0891 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.135 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9167, 38.7217, 15.0182)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B557 #8757B5

analogous

#B4B557 #85B557 #57B558

triadic

#85B557 #5785B5 #B55785

tetradic

#85B557 #57B4B5 #8757B5 #B55857

square

#85B557 #57B4B5 #8757B5 #B55857

split-complementary

#85B557 #5857B5 #B557B4

monochromatic

#48652D #67903F #85B557 #A4C881 #C3DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#85B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#85B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B557

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B557	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcb89',
    500: '#85b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b557;
$custom-light: #abcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.638,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B557

secondary

#B49FC8

accent

#59CF95

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B557

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

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