#85BD59#85BD59

#85BD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.144 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BD59
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(94, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(94, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -35.56, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 56.83, 128.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0986 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.144 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6731, 42.1020, 16.0124)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BD59 #9159BD

analogous

#B7BD59 #85BD59 #59BD5F

triadic

#85BD59 #5985BD #BD5985

tetradic

#85BD59 #59B7BD #9159BD #BD5F59

square

#85BD59 #59B7BD #9159BD #BD5F59

split-complementary

#85BD59 #5F59BD #BD59B7

monochromatic

#4A6F2C #679B3E #85BD59 #A5CE85 #C5E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#85BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#85BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BD59

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BD59	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.144 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd18a',
    500: '#85bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bd59;
$custom-light: #abd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7373,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BD59

secondary

#BBA4CE

accent

#55D39B

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9F0

border

#CED2CB

text

#10140C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BD59

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

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