#559E15#559E15

#559E15 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.176 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E15
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(92, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(92, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -44.21, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 72.07, 127.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.124 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.176 135)
XYZ	xyz(16.1082, 26.4382, 4.9636)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E15 #5E159E

analogous

#999E15 #559E15 #159E1A

triadic

#559E15 #15559E #9E1555

tetradic

#559E15 #15999E #5E159E #9E1A15

square

#559E15 #15999E #5E159E #9E1A15

split-complementary

#559E15 #1A159E #9E1599

monochromatic

#1B3207 #38680E #559E15 #72D41C #91E747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#559E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#559E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E15

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E15	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.176 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbb62',
    500: '#559e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e15;
$custom-light: #8cbb62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.971,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.26439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E15

secondary

#8C47C7

accent

#35F39A

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E15

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

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