#55A117#55A117

#55A117 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.178 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A117
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 23)
HSL	hsl(93, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 0%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -45.34, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 73.06, 128.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.127 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.178 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6454, 27.4818, 5.2379)
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

#55A117 #6317A1

analogous

#9AA117 #55A117 #17A11E

triadic

#55A117 #1755A1 #A11755

tetradic

#55A117 #179AA1 #6317A1 #A11E17

square

#55A117 #179AA1 #6317A1 #A11E17

split-complementary

#55A117 #1E17A1 #A1179A

monochromatic

#1C3608 #396B0F #55A117 #71D71F #91E64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#55A117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#55A117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A117

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A117	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: #55a117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.178 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbd63',
    500: '#55a117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a117;
$custom-light: #8dbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.043,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63511,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A117

secondary

#904CC7

accent

#36F29D

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A117

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

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