#55A229#55A229

#55A229 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.171 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A229
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(98, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(98, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -44.76, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 68.77, 130.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.1243 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.171 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0664, 27.9309, 6.5893)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A229 #7629A2

analogous

#91A229 #55A229 #29A23A

triadic

#55A229 #2955A2 #A22955

tetradic

#55A229 #2991A2 #7629A2 #A23A29

square

#55A229 #2991A2 #7629A2 #A23A29

split-complementary

#55A229 #3A29A2 #A22991

monochromatic

#224010 #3B711D #55A229 #70CD3B #94DA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#55A229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#55A229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A229

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A229	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.171 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe6b',
    500: '#55a229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a229;
$custom-light: #8cbe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63875,
    "c": 0.17095,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A229

secondary

#A067C0

accent

#45E3A9

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A229

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

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