#55A42A#55A42A

#55A42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.173 H 136.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A42A
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(99, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(99, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -45.49, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 69.46, 130.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.1263 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.173 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4392, 28.6482, 6.8008)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A42A #792AA4

analogous

#92A42A #55A42A #2AA43C

triadic

#55A42A #2A55A4 #A42A55

tetradic

#55A42A #2A92A4 #792AA4 #A43C2A

square

#55A42A #2A92A4 #792AA4 #A43C2A

split-complementary

#55A42A #3C2AA4 #A42A92

monochromatic

#224311 #3C731E #55A42A #70CD3E #94DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#55A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#55A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A42A

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A42A	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.173 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbf6c',
    500: '#55a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a42a;
$custom-light: #8cbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.852,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64406,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A42A

secondary

#A269C1

accent

#45E2AB

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A42A

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

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