#55A015#55A015

#55A015 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.178 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A015
RGBrgb(85, 160, 21)
HSLhsl(92, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(92, 87%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(46.9%, 0%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.09, -45.01, 57.48)
CIE-LCHlch(59.09, 73.00, 128.07°)
OKLaboklab(63.24% -0.1262 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(63.24% 0.178 135.2)
XYZxyz(16.4521, 27.1260, 5.0783)
Luminance0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A015 #6015A0
analogous
#9AA015 #55A015 #15A01A
triadic
#55A015 #1555A0 #A01555
tetradic
#55A015 #159AA0 #6015A0 #A01A15
square
#55A015 #159AA0 #6015A0 #A01A15
split-complementary
#55A015 #1A15A0 #A0159A
monochromatic
#1C3407 #386A0E #55A015 #72D61C #91E748

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27
#55A015 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43
#55A015 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A015
6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A015#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A0151.003.276.436.43
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4321.001.001.00
##0000006.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A69200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8C28
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#539A88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.178 135.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbd63',
    500: '#55a015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a015;
$custom-light: #8dbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.374,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.17792,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A015
secondary
#8D49C8
accent
#34F39B
background
#F9FBF6
surface
#F1F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0D1206
muted
#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A015

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#55A015 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva