#85BE59#85BE59

#85BE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.146 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BE59
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(94, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(94, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -36.01, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 57.39, 128.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0998 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.146 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8890, 42.5337, 16.0843)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BE59 #9259BE

analogous

#B8BE59 #85BE59 #59BE5F

triadic

#85BE59 #5985BE #BE5985

tetradic

#85BE59 #59B8BE #9259BE #BE5F59

square

#85BE59 #59B8BE #9259BE #BE5F59

split-complementary

#85BE59 #5F59BE #BE59B8

monochromatic

#4A712C #679D3D #85BE59 #A5CF85 #C6E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#85BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#85BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BE59

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BE59	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.146 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd28a',
    500: '#85be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85be59;
$custom-light: #abd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.861,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BE59

secondary

#BCA4CF

accent

#54D39C

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9F0

border

#CED2CB

text

#10140C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BE59

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

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