#559016#559016

#559016 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.158 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559016
RGB	rgb(85, 144, 22)
HSL	hsl(89, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(89, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 84.7%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -38.34, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 65.18, 126.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.1083 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.158 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8642, 21.9350, 4.2623)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559016 #511690

analogous

#908E16 #559016 #189016

triadic

#559016 #165590 #901655

tetradic

#559016 #16908E #511690 #901618

square

#559016 #16908E #511690 #901618

split-complementary

#559016 #161890 #8E1690

monochromatic

#162606 #365B0E #559016 #74C51E #93E23F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#559016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#559016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559016

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559016	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#558A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 144, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.158 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb160',
    500: '#559016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559016;
$custom-light: #8bb160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.016,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59029,
    "c": 0.1583,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559016

secondary

#7F40C2

accent

#38F091

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F5EB

border

#CBCFC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559016

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

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