#559D27#559D27

#559D27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.166 H 136.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D27
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(97, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(97, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -42.86, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 66.88, 129.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.1193 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.166 136)
XYZ	xyz(16.1691, 26.1907, 6.1224)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D27 #6F279D

analogous

#909D27 #559D27 #279D34

triadic

#559D27 #27559D #9D2755

tetradic

#559D27 #27909D #6F279D #9D3427

square

#559D27 #27909D #6F279D #9D3427

split-complementary

#559D27 #34279D #9D2790

monochromatic

#203B0F #3A6C1B #559D27 #70CD35 #92D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#559D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#559D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D27

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D27	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3900F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.166 136.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bba6a',
    500: '#559d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d27;
$custom-light: #8bba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.61,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 136
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D27

secondary

#9A61BF

accent

#44E3A5

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D27

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

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