#55A027#55A027

#55A027 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.170 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A027
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 39)
HSL	hsl(97, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 75.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -44.08, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 68.39, 130.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.1227 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.17 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6829, 27.2183, 6.2937)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A027 #7227A0

analogous

#92A027 #55A027 #27A036

triadic

#55A027 #2755A0 #A02755

tetradic

#55A027 #2792A0 #7227A0 #A03627

square

#55A027 #2792A0 #7227A0 #A03627

split-complementary

#55A027 #3627A0 #A02792

monochromatic

#213E0F #3B6F1B #55A027 #70CE36 #93DA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#55A027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#55A027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A027

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A027	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)

#A6920D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.170 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd6a',
    500: '#55a027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a027;
$custom-light: #8cbd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.19,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63337,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A027

secondary

#9D63C0

accent

#44E4A7

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A027

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

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