#559C38#559C38

#559C38 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.153 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C38
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(103, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(103, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -41.03, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 60.33, 132.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.1132 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.153 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3481, 25.9927, 7.8963)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C38 #7F389C

analogous

#879C38 #559C38 #389C4D

triadic

#559C38 #38559C #9C3855

tetradic

#559C38 #38879C #7F389C #9C4D38

square

#559C38 #38879C #7F389C #9C4D38

split-complementary

#559C38 #4D389C #9C3887

monochromatic

#244218 #3C6F28 #559C38 #71C051 #96D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#559C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#559C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C38

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C38	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.153 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aba73',
    500: '#559c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c38;
$custom-light: #8aba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62439,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C38

secondary

#A676BA

accent

#51D7B0

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F6ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0C1108

muted

#7D807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C38

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

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