#55B422#55B422

#55B422 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.196 H 137.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B422
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(99, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(99, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -52.17, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 79.42, 131.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.1447 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.196 137.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3556, 34.6877, 7.1358)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B422 #8122B4

analogous

#9EB422 #55B422 #22B438

triadic

#55B422 #2255B4 #B42255

tetradic

#55B422 #229EB4 #8122B4 #B43822

square

#55B422 #229EB4 #8122B4 #B43822

split-complementary

#55B422 #3822B4 #B4229E

monochromatic

#244D0F #3D8118 #55B422 #71DA3A #96E36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#55B422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#55B422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B422

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B422	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EAD99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.196 137.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcb6a',
    500: '#55b422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b422;
$custom-light: #8fcb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.041,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68537,
    "c": 0.1961,
    "h": 137.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B422

secondary

#A868CA

accent

#3DEBAE

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F9EC

border

#CCD2C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B422

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

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