#55A016#55A016

#55A016 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	#55A016
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(93, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -44.98, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 72.80, 128.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.126 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.178 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4616, 27.1298, 5.1281)
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

#55A016 #6116A0

analogous

#9AA016 #55A016 #16A01C

triadic

#55A016 #1655A0 #A01655

tetradic

#55A016 #169AA0 #6116A0 #A01C16

square

#55A016 #169AA0 #6116A0 #A01C16

split-complementary

#55A016 #1C16A0 #A0169A

monochromatic

#1C3407 #386A0F #55A016 #72D61D #91E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#55A016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#55A016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A016

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A016	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)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.178 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd63',
    500: '#55a016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a016;
$custom-light: #8cbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63244,
    "c": 0.17757,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A016

secondary

#8E4AC8

accent

#35F29C

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A016

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

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