#59A227#59A227

#59A227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.170 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A227
RGB	rgb(89, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(96, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(96, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -43.60, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 68.73, 129.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.1216 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.17 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4059, 28.1099, 6.4277)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A227 #7027A2

analogous

#97A227 #59A227 #27A233

triadic

#59A227 #2759A2 #A22759

tetradic

#59A227 #2797A2 #7027A2 #A23327

square

#59A227 #2797A2 #7027A2 #A23327

split-complementary

#59A227 #3327A2 #A22797

monochromatic

#233F0F #3E711B #59A227 #75CF37 #97DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#59A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#59A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59A227

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A227	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#569C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.170 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebe6a',
    500: '#59a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a227;
$custom-light: #8ebe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.61,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64052,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A227

secondary

#9B64C1

accent

#43E4A3

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A227

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

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