#559B22#559B22

#559B22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.166 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B22
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(95, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(95, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -42.35, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 67.39, 128.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.1183 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.166 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7560, 25.4885, 5.6026)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B22 #68229B

analogous

#929B22 #559B22 #229B2C

triadic

#559B22 #22559B #9B2255

tetradic

#559B22 #22929B #68229B #9B2C22

square

#559B22 #22929B #68229B #9B2C22

split-complementary

#559B22 #2C229B #9B2292

monochromatic

#1E370C #396917 #559B22 #71CD2D #92DB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#559B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#559B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B22

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B22	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.166 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb967',
    500: '#559b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b22;
$custom-light: #8bb967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.711,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61992,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B22

secondary

#9459C0

accent

#41E7A1

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1106

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B22

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

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