#559E1B#559E1B

#559E1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E1B
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(93, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -43.95, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 70.73, 128.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.123 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.173 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1706, 26.4631, 5.2925)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E1B #641B9E

analogous

#979E1B #559E1B #1B9E23

triadic

#559E1B #1B559E #9E1B55

tetradic

#559E1B #1B979E #641B9E #9E231B

square

#559E1B #1B979E #641B9E #9E231B

split-complementary

#559E1B #231B9E #9E1B97

monochromatic

#1D3509 #396A12 #559E1B #71D224 #91E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#559E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#559E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E1B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E1B	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)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbb64',
    500: '#559e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e1b;
$custom-light: #8cbb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.435,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62741,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E1B

secondary

#9151C4

accent

#3AEE9E

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E1B

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

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