#559E23#559E23

#559E23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.169 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E23
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(96, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -43.52, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 68.59, 129.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1214 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.169 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2761, 26.5053, 5.8482)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E23 #6C239E

analogous

#929E23 #559E23 #239E2E

triadic

#559E23 #23559E #9E2355

tetradic

#559E23 #23929E #6C239E #9E2E23

square

#559E23 #23929E #6C239E #9E2E23

split-complementary

#559E23 #2E239E #9E2392

monochromatic

#1F3A0D #3A6C18 #559E23 #70D02E #92DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#559E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#559E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E23

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E23	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)

#A49003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.169 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbb68',
    500: '#559e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e23;
$custom-light: #8cbb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.61,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62786,
    "c": 0.16938,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E23

secondary

#985CC1

accent

#41E7A3

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E23

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

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