#559B2C#559B2C

#559B2C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.160 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B2C
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(98, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(98, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -41.67, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 64.20, 130.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.1158 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.16 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9219, 25.5549, 6.4760)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B2C #722C9B

analogous

#8D9B2C #559B2C #2C9B3B

triadic

#559B2C #2C559B #9B2C55

tetradic

#559B2C #2C8D9B #722C9B #9B3B2C

square

#559B2C #2C8D9B #722C9B #9B3B2C

split-complementary

#559B2C #3B2C9B #9B2C8D

monochromatic

#213C11 #3B6B1E #559B2C #70C83C #93D56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#559B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#559B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B2C

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B2C	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.160 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb96c',
    500: '#559b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b2c;
$custom-light: #8bb96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.838,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62064,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B2C

secondary

#9D67BC

accent

#49DFA8

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0C1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B2C

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

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