#85BE38#85BE38

#85BE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.172 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BE38
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(86, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(86, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -38.90, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 70.36, 123.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1104 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.172 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8000, 42.0981, 10.3490)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#85BE38 #7138BE

analogous

#BEB438 #85BE38 #42BE38

triadic

#85BE38 #3885BE #BE3885

tetradic

#85BE38 #38BEB4 #7138BE #BE3842

square

#85BE38 #38BEB4 #7138BE #BE3842

split-complementary

#85BE38 #3842BE #B438BE

monochromatic

#435F1C #648F2A #85BE38 #A2D162 #BEDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#85BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#85BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BE38

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BE38	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)

#C7B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.172 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add277',
    500: '#85be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85be38;
$custom-light: #add277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.522,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BE38

secondary

#A488CA

accent

#4ADE89

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BE38

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

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