#55A021#55A021

#55A021 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.173 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A021
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(95, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(95, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -44.45, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 70.14, 129.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.124 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.173 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5912, 27.1817, 5.8109)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A021 #6C21A0

analogous

#94A021 #55A021 #21A02C

triadic

#55A021 #2155A0 #A02155

tetradic

#55A021 #2194A0 #6C21A0 #A02C21

square

#55A021 #2194A0 #6C21A0 #A02C21

split-complementary

#55A021 #2C21A0 #A02194

monochromatic

#1F3B0C #3A6D17 #55A021 #70D32B #92DE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#55A021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#55A021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A021

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A021	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.173 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd67',
    500: '#55a021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a021;
$custom-light: #8cbd67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.433,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63299,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A021

secondary

#985BC2

accent

#3FE9A3

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A021

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →