#55A222#55A222

#55A222 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.175 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A222
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(96, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -45.20, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 70.84, 129.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.126 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.175 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9549, 27.8863, 6.0023)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A222 #6F22A2

analogous

#95A222 #55A222 #22A22F

triadic

#55A222 #2255A2 #A22255

tetradic

#55A222 #2295A2 #6F22A2 #A22F22

square

#55A222 #2295A2 #6F22A2 #A22F22

split-complementary

#55A222 #2F22A2 #A22295

monochromatic

#203D0D #3A6F17 #55A222 #70D32E #92DE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#55A222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#55A222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A222

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A222	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.175 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe68',
    500: '#55a222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a222;
$custom-light: #8cbe68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.094,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63829,
    "c": 0.17479,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A222

secondary

#9A5DC3

accent

#40E8A5

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A222

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

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