#55A225#55A225

#55A225 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.173 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A225
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(97, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -45.02, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 69.99, 130.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.1253 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.173 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0001, 27.9044, 6.2402)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A225 #7225A2

analogous

#94A225 #55A225 #25A234

triadic

#55A225 #2555A2 #A22555

tetradic

#55A225 #2594A2 #7225A2 #A23425

square

#55A225 #2594A2 #7225A2 #A23425

split-complementary

#55A225 #3425A2 #A22594

monochromatic

#213E0E #3B701A #55A225 #70D134 #93DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#55A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#55A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A225

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A225	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)

#A89406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.173 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe69',
    500: '#55a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a225;
$custom-light: #8cbe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.96,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.17322,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A225

secondary

#9D61C2

accent

#42E6A7

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A225

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

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