#55A520#55A520

#55A520 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.179 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A520
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(96, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(96, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -46.50, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 72.83, 129.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.1296 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.179 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4617, 28.9447, 6.0330)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A520 #7020A5

analogous

#97A520 #55A520 #20A52D

triadic

#55A520 #2055A5 #A52055

tetradic

#55A520 #2097A5 #7020A5 #A52D20

square

#55A520 #2097A5 #7020A5 #A52D20

split-complementary

#55A520 #2D20A5 #A52097

monochromatic

#203E0C #3B7216 #55A520 #70D62C #93E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#55A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#55A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A520

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A520	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.179 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc067',
    500: '#55a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a520;
$custom-light: #8dc067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.09,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64604,
    "c": 0.17938,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A520

secondary

#9B5CC5

accent

#3DEAA5

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A520

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

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