#559C2A#559C2A

#559C2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.163 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C2A
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(97, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -42.23, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 65.40, 130.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1175 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.163 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0523, 25.8744, 6.3385)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C2A #712A9C

analogous

#8E9C2A #559C2A #2A9C38

triadic

#559C2A #2A559C #9C2A55

tetradic

#559C2A #2A8E9C #712A9C #9C382A

square

#559C2A #2A8E9C #712A9C #9C382A

split-complementary

#559C2A #382A9C #9C2A8E

monochromatic

#203C10 #3B6C1D #559C2A #70CA39 #93D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#559C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#559C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C2A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C2A	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)

#A28F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.163 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bba6b',
    500: '#559c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c2a;
$custom-light: #8bba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.368,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6231,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C2A

secondary

#9C65BD

accent

#47E1A7

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C2A

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

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