#55A116#55A116

#55A116 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.179 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A116
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 22)
HSL	hsl(93, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -45.38, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 73.27, 128.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.1271 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.179 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6356, 27.4779, 5.1861)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A116 #6216A1

analogous

#9AA116 #55A116 #16A11D

triadic

#55A116 #1655A1 #A11655

tetradic

#55A116 #169AA1 #6216A1 #A11D16

square

#55A116 #169AA1 #6216A1 #A11D16

split-complementary

#55A116 #1D16A1 #A1169A

monochromatic

#1C3507 #396B0F #55A116 #71D71D #91E64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#55A116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#55A116 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A116

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A116	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.179 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbd63',
    500: '#55a116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a116;
$custom-light: #8dbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.806,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.17875,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A116

secondary

#8F4BC8

accent

#35F39D

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A116

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

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