#559E22#559E22

#559E22 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.170 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E22
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(95, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(95, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -43.58, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 68.88, 129.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.1216 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.17 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2615, 26.4995, 5.7711)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E22 #6B229E

analogous

#939E22 #559E22 #229E2D

triadic

#559E22 #22559E #9E2255

tetradic

#559E22 #22939E #6B229E #9E2D22

square

#559E22 #22939E #6B229E #9E2D22

split-complementary

#559E22 #2D229E #9E2293

monochromatic

#1F390C #3A6C17 #559E22 #70D02D #92DC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#559E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#559E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E22

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E22	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)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.170 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbb67',
    500: '#559e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e22;
$custom-light: #8cbb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6278,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E22

secondary

#975BC1

accent

#40E8A3

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E22

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

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