#59A042#59A042

#59A042 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.148 H 138.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A042
RGB	rgb(89, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(105, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(105, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -40.38, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 57.84, 134.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.111 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.148 138.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6734, 27.6577, 9.5604)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A042 #8942A0

analogous

#88A042 #59A042 #42A05A

triadic

#59A042 #4259A0 #A04259

tetradic

#59A042 #4288A0 #8942A0 #A05A42

square

#59A042 #4288A0 #8942A0 #A05A42

split-complementary

#59A042 #5A42A0 #A04288

monochromatic

#29491E #417530 #59A042 #78BE61 #9DD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#59A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#59A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59A042

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A042	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.148 138.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbc79',
    500: '#59a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a042;
$custom-light: #8dbc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105.319,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 138.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A042

secondary

#AD83BB

accent

#56D1B3

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F6EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0D1209

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A042

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

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