#55A023#55A023

#55A023 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.172 H 136.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A023
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(96, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -44.34, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 69.58, 129.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1236 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.172 136)
XYZ	xyz(16.6201, 27.1932, 5.9628)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A023 #6E23A0

analogous

#93A023 #55A023 #23A02F

triadic

#55A023 #2355A0 #A02355

tetradic

#55A023 #2393A0 #6E23A0 #A02F23

square

#55A023 #2393A0 #6E23A0 #A02F23

split-complementary

#55A023 #2F23A0 #A02393

monochromatic

#203C0D #3A6E18 #55A023 #70D12F #92DC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#55A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#55A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A023

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A023	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)

#A69201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.172 136.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd68',
    500: '#55a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a023;
$custom-light: #8cbd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63311,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 136
  },
  "luminance": 0.27194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A023

secondary

#995DC1

accent

#41E7A5

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A023

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

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