#559B1E#559B1E

#559B1E is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.168 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B1E
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(94, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(94, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -42.58, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 68.51, 128.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.1192 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.168 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7016, 25.4668, 5.3163)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B1E #641E9B

analogous

#949B1E #559B1E #1E9B26

triadic

#559B1E #1E559B #9B1E55

tetradic

#559B1E #1E949B #641E9B #9B261E

square

#559B1E #1E949B #641E9B #9B261E

split-complementary

#559B1E #261E9B #9B1E94

monochromatic

#1D340A #396814 #559B1E #71CE28 #91DE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#559B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#559B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B1E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B1E	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: #559b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.168 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb965',
    500: '#559b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b1e;
$custom-light: #8cb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61968,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B1E

secondary

#9153C2

accent

#3DEA9E

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B1E

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

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