#55A01D#55A01D

#55A01D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.175 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A01D
RGBrgb(85, 160, 29)
HSLhsl(94, 69%, 37%)
HSVhsv(94, 82%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(46.9%, 0%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.12, -44.66, 55.44)
CIE-LCHlch(59.12, 71.19, 128.86°)
OKLaboklab(63.28% -0.1248 0.1223)
OKLCHoklch(63.28% 0.175 135.6)
XYZxyz(16.5385, 27.1606, 5.5332)
Luminance0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A01D #681DA0
analogous
#97A01D #55A01D #1DA027
triadic
#55A01D #1D55A0 #A01D55
tetradic
#55A01D #1D97A0 #681DA0 #A0271D
square
#55A01D #1D97A0 #681DA0 #A0271D
split-complementary
#55A01D #271DA0 #A01D97
monochromatic
#1E380A #396C14 #55A01D #71D426 #92E157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#55A01D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43
#55A01D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A01D
6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A01D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A01D1.003.266.436.43
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4321.001.001.00
##0000006.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A69200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8C2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#529A88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a01d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.175 135.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd66',
    500: '#55a01d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a01d;
$custom-light: #8cbd66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a01d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.351,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63276,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A01D
secondary
#9455C4
accent
#3CECA1
background
#F9FBF6
surface
#F1F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0D1206
muted
#7E817A

Preview Lab

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#55A01D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva