#55A22C#55A22C

#55A22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.169 H 136.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A22C
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(99, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(99, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -44.54, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 67.81, 131.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.1236 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.169 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1208, 27.9527, 6.8756)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A22C #792CA2

analogous

#90A22C #55A22C #2CA23E

triadic

#55A22C #2C55A2 #A22C55

tetradic

#55A22C #2C90A2 #792CA2 #A23E2C

square

#55A22C #2C90A2 #792CA2 #A23E2C

split-complementary

#55A22C #3E2CA2 #A22C90

monochromatic

#224212 #3C721F #55A22C #70CB40 #94D870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#55A22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#55A22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A22C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A22C	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)

#A79417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.169 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe6d',
    500: '#55a22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a22c;
$custom-light: #8cbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.153,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63898,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A22C

secondary

#A26ABF

accent

#47E1AB

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A22C

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

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