#55A017#55A017

#55A017 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.177 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A017
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 23)
HSL	hsl(93, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -44.94, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 72.59, 128.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.1259 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.177 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4714, 27.1337, 5.1799)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A017 #6217A0

analogous

#99A017 #55A017 #17A01E

triadic

#55A017 #1755A0 #A01755

tetradic

#55A017 #1799A0 #6217A0 #A01E17

square

#55A017 #1799A0 #6217A0 #A01E17

split-complementary

#55A017 #1E17A0 #A01799

monochromatic

#1C3508 #396A0F #55A017 #71D61F #91E54C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#55A017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#55A017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A017

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A017	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: #55a017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.177 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd63',
    500: '#55a017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a017;
$custom-light: #8cbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.847,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63248,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A017

secondary

#8F4CC7

accent

#36F19D

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A017

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

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