#55B222#55B222

#55B222 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.194 H 137.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B222
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 34)
HSL	hsl(99, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(99, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -51.42, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 78.49, 130.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.1427 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.194 137.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9548, 33.8861, 7.0022)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B222 #7F22B2

analogous

#9DB222 #55B222 #22B237

triadic

#55B222 #2255B2 #B22255

tetradic

#55B222 #229DB2 #7F22B2 #B23722

square

#55B222 #229DB2 #7F22B2 #B23722

split-complementary

#55B222 #3722B2 #B2229D

monochromatic

#244B0E #3C7F18 #55B222 #71D938 #96E36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55B222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#55B222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B222

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B222	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EAB98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.194 137.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eca6a',
    500: '#55b222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b222;
$custom-light: #8eca6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.75,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68015,
    "c": 0.19378,
    "h": 137.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B222

secondary

#A667C9

accent

#3DEBAD

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F8EC

border

#CCD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B222

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

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