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#5E8A00 Color

#5E8A00 is rgb(94, 138, 0) in RGB, hsl(79, 100%, 27%) in HSL, and about cmyk(32%, 0%, 100%, 46%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Olive Drab (#6B8E23), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.71. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#5E8A00
HEX#5E8A00
RGBrgb(94, 138, 0)
HSLhsl(79, 100%, 27%)
HSVhsv(79, 100%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 100%, 46%)
OKLCHoklch(57.9% 0.153 128.6)
LABlab(52.63% -28.91 54.97)
LCHlch(52.63% 62.11 117.74)

What #5E8A00 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #5E8A00, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Olive Drab#6B8E23ΔE 7.71Maximum Green#5E8C31ΔE 13.26Napier Green#2A8000ΔE 15.2Green (RYB)#66B032ΔE 16.79Sap Green#507D2AΔE 17.19Metallic Green#296E01ΔE 17.46

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#5E8A00 Channel Values

How #5E8A00 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 94 · G 138 · B 08-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 79° · S 100% · L 27%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 79° · S 100% · V 54%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 32% · M 0% · Y 100% · K 46%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.11:1 vs white · 5.11:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #5E8A00 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text4.11:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text5.11:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #5E8A00 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #5E8A00

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #5E8A00; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#5E8A00
Complementary
#2C008A
Analogous
#8A7000
Analogous
#198A00
Triadic
#005E8A
Triadic
#8A005E
Split comp.
#00198A
Split comp.
#70008A

Tints & Shades of #5E8A00

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#81BD00
#A4F000
#BAFF24
#CBFF5C
#DBFF8F
#ECFFC2

Shades

#547A00
#466600
#3B5700
#314700
#263800
#182400

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #5E8A00.

How #5E8A00 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#5E8A00
Protanopia#848402
Protanomaly#768601
Deuteranopia#7E7E0D
Deuteranomaly#728308
Tritanopia#6A8282
Tritanomaly#658566
Achromatopsia#7D7D7D

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #5E8A00 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-5e8a00: #5E8A00;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #5E8A00;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-5e8a00': '#5E8A00' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.369, green: 0.541, blue: 0.000)
Android XML<color name="color_5e8a00">#5E8A00</color>
SVG fillfill="#5E8A00"

More Green Colors

#5E8A00 sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#5E8A00 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #5E8A00?

#5E8A00 is a dark green — rgb(94, 138, 0) in RGB and hsl(79, 100%, 27%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Olive Drab (#6B8E23), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.71.

What is the RGB value of #5E8A00?

#5E8A00 is rgb(94, 138, 0) — red 94, green 138, and blue 0 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #5E8A00?

#5E8A00 converts to approximately cmyk(32%, 0%, 100%, 46%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #5E8A00 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #5E8A00 scores 4.11:1 against white and 5.11:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #5E8A00 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #5E8A00 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is olivedrab (#6B8E23) at a CIE76 distance of 7.71, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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