#55A427#55A427

#55A427 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A427
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(98, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(98, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -45.69, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 70.38, 130.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.127 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.175 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3875, 28.6275, 6.5285)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A427 #7627A4

analogous

#94A427 #55A427 #27A438

triadic

#55A427 #2755A4 #A42755

tetradic

#55A427 #2794A4 #7627A4 #A43827

square

#55A427 #2794A4 #7627A4 #A43827

split-complementary

#55A427 #3827A4 #A42794

monochromatic

#22410F #3B731B #55A427 #70D038 #94DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#55A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#55A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A427

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A427	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbf6b',
    500: '#55a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a427;
$custom-light: #8cbf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.92,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64385,
    "c": 0.17457,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A427

secondary

#A065C2

accent

#43E5A9

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A427

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

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