#55A522#55A522

#55A522 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.178 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A522
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(97, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -46.40, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 72.30, 129.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.1292 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.178 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4897, 28.9559, 6.1805)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A522 #7222A5

analogous

#97A522 #55A522 #22A531

triadic

#55A522 #2255A5 #A52255

tetradic

#55A522 #2297A5 #7222A5 #A53122

square

#55A522 #2297A5 #7222A5 #A53122

split-complementary

#55A522 #3122A5 #A52297

monochromatic

#21400D #3B7218 #55A522 #70D430 #93DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#55A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#55A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A522

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A522	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.178 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc068',
    500: '#55a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a522;
$custom-light: #8dc068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.641,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64616,
    "c": 0.17842,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A522

secondary

#9D5FC4

accent

#3FE9A7

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A522

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

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