#55A226#55A226

#55A226 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.173 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A226
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(97, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -44.96, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 69.69, 130.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.1251 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.173 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0160, 27.9108, 6.3240)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A226 #7326A2

analogous

#93A226 #55A226 #26A235

triadic

#55A226 #2655A2 #A22655

tetradic

#55A226 #2693A2 #7326A2 #A23526

square

#55A226 #2693A2 #7326A2 #A23526

split-complementary

#55A226 #3526A2 #A22693

monochromatic

#213F0F #3B701A #55A226 #70D035 #93DB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#55A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#55A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A226

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A226	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)

#A89409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.173 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe6a',
    500: '#55a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a226;
$custom-light: #8cbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.258,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63854,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A226

secondary

#9D63C1

accent

#43E5A8

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A226

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

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