#559C27#559C27

#559C27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.165 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C27
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(96, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -42.44, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 66.37, 129.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.1182 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.165 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0006, 25.8537, 6.0662)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#559C27 #6E279C

analogous

#8F9C27 #559C27 #279C33

triadic

#559C27 #27559C #9C2755

tetradic

#559C27 #278F9C #6E279C #9C3327

square

#559C27 #278F9C #6E279C #9C3327

split-complementary

#559C27 #33279C #9C278F

monochromatic

#203A0F #3A6B1B #559C27 #70CC34 #92D865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#559C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#559C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C27

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C27	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.165 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bba69',
    500: '#559c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c27;
$custom-light: #8bba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.41,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C27

secondary

#9961BE

accent

#45E3A5

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C27

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

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