#559D1B#559D1B

#559D1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D1B
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(93, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -43.55, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 70.25, 128.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.122 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.172 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0008, 26.1234, 5.2359)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D1B #631B9D

analogous

#969D1B #559D1B #1B9D22

triadic

#559D1B #1B559D #9D1B55

tetradic

#559D1B #1B969D #631B9D #9D221B

square

#559D1B #1B969D #631B9D #9D221B

split-complementary

#559D1B #221B9D #9D1B96

monochromatic

#1C3509 #396912 #559D1B #71D124 #91E151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#559D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#559D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D1B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D1B	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cba64',
    500: '#559d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d1b;
$custom-light: #8cba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.231,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D1B

secondary

#9050C4

accent

#3AED9E

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D1B

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

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