#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
RGBrgb(85, 162, 44)
HSLhsl(99, 57%, 40%)
HSVhsv(99, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(47.5%, 0%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(59.85, -44.54, 51.13)
CIE-LCHlch(59.85, 67.81, 131.06°)
OKLaboklab(63.9% -0.1236 0.1155)
OKLCHoklch(63.9% 0.169 136.9)
XYZxyz(17.1208, 27.9527, 6.8756)
Luminance0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##55A22C1.003.196.596.59
#FFFFFF3.191.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5921.001.001.00
##0000006.5921.001.001.00

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

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#55A22C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva