#85CC38#85CC38

#85CC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.190 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CC38
RGB	rgb(133, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(89, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(89, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -44.96, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 77.24, 125.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1269 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.19 132)
XYZ	xyz(31.9792, 48.4565, 11.4087)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CC38 #7F38CC

analogous

#CCC938 #85CC38 #3BCC38

triadic

#85CC38 #3885CC #CC3885

tetradic

#85CC38 #38CCC9 #7F38CC #CC383B

square

#85CC38 #38CCC9 #7F38CC #CC383B

split-complementary

#85CC38 #383BCC #C938CC

monochromatic

#466E1C #669E29 #85CC38 #A3D869 #C1E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#85CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#85CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CC38

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CC38	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.190 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedc78',
    500: '#85cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cc38;
$custom-light: #aedc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.784,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77031,
    "c": 0.1896,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.48458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CC38

secondary

#AF8FD1

accent

#45E291

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CC38

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

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