#559231#559231

#559231 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.145 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559231
RGB	rgb(85, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(98, 50%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(98, 66%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 66.4%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -37.40, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 57.58, 130.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.1038 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.145 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5792, 22.7100, 6.5204)
Luminance	0.2271 (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

#559231 #6E3192

analogous

#859231 #559231 #31923D

triadic

#559231 #315592 #923155

tetradic

#559231 #318592 #6E3192 #923D31

square

#559231 #318592 #6E3192 #923D31

split-complementary

#559231 #3D3192 #923185

monochromatic

#203612 #3A6422 #559231 #70BF41 #92CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#559231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#559231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559231

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559231	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.145 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab26e',
    500: '#559231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559231;
$custom-light: #8ab26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.732,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59751,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559231

secondary

#9969B6

accent

#4FD9A6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0C1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559231

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

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