#55A421#55A421

#55A421 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A421
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(96, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(96, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -46.05, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 72.09, 129.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.1283 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.178 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2958, 28.5909, 6.0458)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A421 #7021A4

analogous

#96A421 #55A421 #21A42E

triadic

#55A421 #2155A4 #A42155

tetradic

#55A421 #2196A4 #7021A4 #A42E21

square

#55A421 #2196A4 #7021A4 #A42E21

split-complementary

#55A421 #2E21A4 #A42196

monochromatic

#203E0C #3B7117 #55A421 #70D52D #93DF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#55A421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#55A421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A421

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A421	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbf68',
    500: '#55a421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a421;
$custom-light: #8dbf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.183,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64348,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A421

secondary

#9B5DC4

accent

#3EE9A6

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A421

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

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