#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
RGBrgb(85, 160, 33)
HSLhsl(95, 66%, 38%)
HSVhsv(95, 79%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(46.9%, 0%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.14, -44.45, 54.26)
CIE-LCHlch(59.14, 70.14, 129.33°)
OKLaboklab(63.3% -0.124 0.1204)
OKLCHoklch(63.3% 0.173 135.9)
XYZxyz(16.5912, 27.1817, 5.8109)
Luminance0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55A0211.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

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

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#55A021 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva