#559B27#559B27

#559B27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.163 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B27
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(96, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -42.03, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 65.86, 129.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.1171 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.163 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8335, 25.5195, 6.0105)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#559B27 #6D279B

analogous

#8F9B27 #559B27 #279B33

triadic

#559B27 #27559B #9B2755

tetradic

#559B27 #278F9B #6D279B #9B3327

square

#559B27 #278F9B #6D279B #9B3327

split-complementary

#559B27 #33279B #9B278F

monochromatic

#1F390E #3A6A1B #559B27 #70CC33 #92D864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#559B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#559B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B27

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B27	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)

#A18E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.163 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb969',
    500: '#559b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b27;
$custom-light: #8bb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.207,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B27

secondary

#9960BE

accent

#45E3A4

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B27

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

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