#55972B#55972B

#55972B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.156 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55972B
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(97, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(97, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -40.06, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 62.46, 129.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.1115 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.156 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2486, 24.2381, 6.1600)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55972B #6D2B97

analogous

#8B972B #55972B #2B9737

triadic

#55972B #2B5597 #972B55

tetradic

#55972B #2B8B97 #6D2B97 #97372B

square

#55972B #2B8B97 #6D2B97 #97372B

split-complementary

#55972B #372B97 #972B8B

monochromatic

#1F3810 #3A671D #55972B #70C739 #92D468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#55972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#55972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55972B

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55972B	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)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.156 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb66b',
    500: '#55972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55972b;
$custom-light: #8bb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.667,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61007,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55972B

secondary

#9963BB

accent

#49DFA5

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55972B

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

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