#55972A#55972A

#55972A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.156 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55972A
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(96, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -40.14, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 62.81, 129.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.1118 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.156 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2305, 24.2308, 6.0645)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55972A #6C2A97

analogous

#8C972A #55972A #2A9735

triadic

#55972A #2A5597 #972A55

tetradic

#55972A #2A8C97 #6C2A97 #97352A

square

#55972A #2A8C97 #6C2A97 #97352A

split-complementary

#55972A #352A97 #972A8C

monochromatic

#1F370F #3A671D #55972A #70C737 #92D567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#55972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#55972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55972A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55972A	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.156 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb66a',
    500: '#55972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55972a;
$custom-light: #8bb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.33,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60999,
    "c": 0.15634,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55972A

secondary

#9862BB

accent

#48E0A4

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55972A

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

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