#559E21#559E21

#559E21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.170 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E21
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(95, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(95, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -43.64, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 69.16, 129.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.1218 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.17 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2473, 26.4938, 5.6963)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E21 #6A219E

analogous

#949E21 #559E21 #219E2C

triadic

#559E21 #21559E #9E2155

tetradic

#559E21 #21949E #6A219E #9E2C21

square

#559E21 #21949E #6A219E #9E2C21

split-complementary

#559E21 #2C219E #9E2194

monochromatic

#1F390C #3A6B16 #559E21 #70D12C #92DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#559E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#559E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E21

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E21	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.170 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbb67',
    500: '#559e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e21;
$custom-light: #8cbb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.04,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E21

secondary

#9659C1

accent

#3FE8A2

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E21

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

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