#559D2D#559D2D

#559D2D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.162 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D2D
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(99, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(99, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 71.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -42.42, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 64.90, 130.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.1177 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.162 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2765, 26.2337, 6.6881)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D2D #752D9D

analogous

#8D9D2D #559D2D #2D9D3D

triadic

#559D2D #2D559D #9D2D55

tetradic

#559D2D #2D8D9D #752D9D #9D3D2D

square

#559D2D #2D8D9D #752D9D #9D3D2D

split-complementary

#559D2D #3D2D9D #9D2D8D

monochromatic

#213E12 #3B6D1F #559D2D #70C83F #94D66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#559D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#559D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D2D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D2D	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2901B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.162 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bba6d',
    500: '#559d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d2d;
$custom-light: #8bba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.571,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62597,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D2D

secondary

#9F69BD

accent

#49DFA9

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0C1207

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D2D

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

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