#55A018#55A018

#55A018 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.177 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A018
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 24)
HSL	hsl(93, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 85%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -44.89, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 72.37, 128.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.1257 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.177 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4816, 27.1378, 5.2336)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A018 #6318A0

analogous

#99A018 #55A018 #18A01F

triadic

#55A018 #1855A0 #A01855

tetradic

#55A018 #1899A0 #6318A0 #A01F18

square

#55A018 #1899A0 #6318A0 #A01F18

split-complementary

#55A018 #1F18A0 #A01899

monochromatic

#1C3608 #396B10 #55A018 #71D520 #91E44E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#55A018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#55A018 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A018

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A018	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)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.177 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd64',
    500: '#55a018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a018;
$custom-light: #8cbd64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.088,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63252,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A018

secondary

#904DC6

accent

#37F19D

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A018

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

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