#559B1D#559B1D

#559B1D is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.169 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B1D
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 29)
HSL	hsl(93, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 81.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -42.63, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 68.77, 128.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.1194 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.169 135)
XYZ	xyz(15.6891, 25.4618, 5.2501)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B1D #631D9B

analogous

#949B1D #559B1D #1D9B24

triadic

#559B1D #1D559B #9B1D55

tetradic

#559B1D #1D949B #631D9B #9B241D

square

#559B1D #1D949B #631D9B #9B241D

split-complementary

#559B1D #241D9B #9B1D94

monochromatic

#1C340A #396713 #559B1D #71CF27 #91DF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#559B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#559B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B1D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B1D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.169 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb965',
    500: '#559b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b1d;
$custom-light: #8cb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 68.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61962,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.25463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B1D

secondary

#9052C2

accent

#3CEB9E

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B1D

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

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