#55A227#55A227

#55A227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.172 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A227
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(98, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(98, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -44.89, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 69.39, 130.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.1248 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.172 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0324, 27.9173, 6.4102)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A227 #7427A2

analogous

#93A227 #55A227 #27A237

triadic

#55A227 #2755A2 #A22755

tetradic

#55A227 #2793A2 #7427A2 #A23727

square

#55A227 #2793A2 #7427A2 #A23727

split-complementary

#55A227 #3727A2 #A22793

monochromatic

#213F0F #3B711B #55A227 #70CF37 #93DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#55A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#55A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A227

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A227	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)

#A8940C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.172 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe6a',
    500: '#55a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a227;
$custom-light: #8cbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.561,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63861,
    "c": 0.17211,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A227

secondary

#9E64C1

accent

#43E4A8

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A227

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

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