#559D21#559D21

#559D21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#559D21
RGBrgb(85, 157, 33)
HSLhsl(95, 65%, 37%)
HSVhsv(95, 79%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(45.9%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.18, -43.23, 53.35)
CIE-LCHlch(58.18, 68.67, 129.02°)
OKLaboklab(62.51% -0.1208 0.1185)
OKLCHoklch(62.51% 0.169 135.5)
XYZxyz(16.0774, 26.1541, 5.6396)
Luminance0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#559D21 #69219D
analogous
#939D21 #559D21 #219D2B
triadic
#559D21 #21559D #9D2155
tetradic
#559D21 #21939D #69219D #9D2B21
square
#559D21 #21939D #69219D #9D2B21
split-complementary
#559D21 #2B219D #9D2193
monochromatic
#1E380C #3A6A16 #559D21 #70D02C #92DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37
#559D21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23
#559D21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D21
6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##559D21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##559D211.003.376.236.23
#FFFFFF3.371.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2321.001.001.00
##0000006.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A39000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#998A2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#539786
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #559d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 135.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cba67',
    500: '#559d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #559d21;
$custom-light: #8cba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#559d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.839,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62511,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#559D21
secondary
#9559C1
accent
#40E8A2
background
#F9FBF6
surface
#F1F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0D1206
muted
#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D21

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#559D21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva