#55A01B#55A01B

#55A01B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.176 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A01B
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 27)
HSL	hsl(94, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(94, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -44.76, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 71.69, 128.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.1252 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.176 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5146, 27.1510, 5.4072)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A01B #661BA0

analogous

#98A01B #55A01B #1BA024

triadic

#55A01B #1B55A0 #A01B55

tetradic

#55A01B #1B98A0 #661BA0 #A0241B

square

#55A01B #1B98A0 #661BA0 #A0241B

split-complementary

#55A01B #241BA0 #A01B98

monochromatic

#1D3709 #396C12 #55A01B #71D424 #92E253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#55A01B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#55A01B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A01B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A01B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A01B	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)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.176 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd65',
    500: '#55a01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a01b;
$custom-light: #8cbd65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.835,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63266,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A01B

secondary

#9352C5

accent

#3AEE9F

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A01B

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

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