#55A11D#55A11D

#55A11D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.176 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A11D
RGBrgb(85, 161, 29)
HSLhsl(95, 69%, 37%)
HSVhsv(95, 82%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(47.2%, 0%, 82%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(59.44, -45.07, 55.73)
CIE-LCHlch(59.44, 71.68, 128.96°)
OKLaboklab(63.54% -0.1259 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(63.54% 0.176 135.7)
XYZxyz(16.7125, 27.5087, 5.5912)
Luminance0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A11D #691DA1
analogous
#97A11D #55A11D #1DA127
triadic
#55A11D #1D55A1 #A11D55
tetradic
#55A11D #1D97A1 #691DA1 #A1271D
square
#55A11D #1D97A1 #691DA1 #A1271D
split-complementary
#55A11D #271DA1 #A11D97
monochromatic
#1E390A #3A6D14 #55A11D #70D526 #92E158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23
#55A11D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50
#55A11D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A11D
6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A11D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A11D1.003.236.506.50
#FFFFFF3.231.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5021.001.001.00
##0000006.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8D2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#529B89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a11d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.176 135.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd66',
    500: '#55a11d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a11d;
$custom-light: #8cbd66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a11d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.545,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63539,
    "c": 0.17596,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A11D
secondary
#9555C4
accent
#3CECA1
background
#F9FBF6
surface
#F1F7EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0D1206
muted
#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A11D

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#55A11D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva