#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
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 21)
HSL	hsl(92, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(92, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -45.01, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 73.00, 128.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1262 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.178 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4521, 27.1260, 5.0783)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##55A015	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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