#559D22#559D22

#559D22 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D22
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(95, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(95, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -43.17, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 68.38, 129.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.1205 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.169 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0916, 26.1597, 5.7145)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D22 #6A229D

analogous

#939D22 #559D22 #229D2D

triadic

#559D22 #22559D #9D2255

tetradic

#559D22 #22939D #6A229D #9D2D22

square

#559D22 #22939D #6A229D #9D2D22

split-complementary

#559D22 #2D229D #9D2293

monochromatic

#1F380C #3A6B17 #559D22 #70CF2D #92DC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#559D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#559D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D22

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D22	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cba67',
    500: '#559d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d22;
$custom-light: #8cba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.122,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62517,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D22

secondary

#965AC1

accent

#40E7A2

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D22

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

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