#55972C#55972C

#55972C is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.155 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55972C
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(97, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(97, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -39.98, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 62.11, 130.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.1112 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.155 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2672, 24.2455, 6.2578)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55972C #6E2C97

analogous

#8A972C #55972C #2C9738

triadic

#55972C #2C5597 #972C55

tetradic

#55972C #2C8A97 #6E2C97 #97382C

square

#55972C #2C8A97 #6E2C97 #97382C

split-complementary

#55972C #382C97 #972C8A

monochromatic

#203810 #3A681E #55972C #70C63A #92D46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#55972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#55972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55972C

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#9C8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.155 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab66c',
    500: '#55972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55972c;
$custom-light: #8ab66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.009,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61015,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55972C

secondary

#9965BA

accent

#4ADEA5

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0C1107

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55972C

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

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