#559916#559916

#559916 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.169 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559916
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(91, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(91, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -42.13, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 69.50, 127.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.1184 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.169 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2821, 24.7708, 4.7349)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559916 #5A1699

analogous

#979916 #559916 #169919

triadic

#559916 #165599 #991655

tetradic

#559916 #169799 #5A1699 #991916

square

#559916 #169799 #5A1699 #991916

split-complementary

#559916 #191699 #991697

monochromatic

#1A2E07 #37630E #559916 #73CF1E #92E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#559916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#559916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559916

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559916	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.169 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb762',
    500: '#559916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559916;
$custom-light: #8cb762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.145,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61402,
    "c": 0.16924,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559916

secondary

#8846C5

accent

#36F197

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559916

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

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