#55A420#55A420

#55A420 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A420
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 32)
HSL	hsl(96, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 80.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -46.11, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 72.35, 129.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.1285 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.178 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2820, 28.5853, 5.9731)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A420 #6F20A4

analogous

#97A420 #55A420 #20A42D

triadic

#55A420 #2055A4 #A42055

tetradic

#55A420 #2097A4 #6F20A4 #A42D20

square

#55A420 #2097A4 #6F20A4 #A42D20

split-complementary

#55A420 #2D20A4 #A42097

monochromatic

#203E0C #3A7116 #55A420 #70D62B #92E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#55A420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#55A420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A420

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A420	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbf67',
    500: '#55a420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a420;
$custom-light: #8dbf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.909,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64342,
    "c": 0.17818,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A420

secondary

#9A5CC4

accent

#3EEAA5

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A420

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

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