#55AA27#55AA27

#55AA27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.182 H 137.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AA27
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(99, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(99, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -48.06, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 73.33, 130.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.1334 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.182 137.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4867, 30.8259, 6.8949)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55AA27 #7C27AA

analogous

#96AA27 #55AA27 #27AA3A

triadic

#55AA27 #2755AA #AA2755

tetradic

#55AA27 #2796AA #7C27AA #AA3A27

square

#55AA27 #2796AA #7C27AA #AA3A27

split-complementary

#55AA27 #3A27AA #AA2796

monochromatic

#234610 #3C781C #55AA27 #71D23C #95DE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#55AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#55AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AA27

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AA27	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50A491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.182 137.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc46b',
    500: '#55aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aa27;
$custom-light: #8dc46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.931,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65955,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 137.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AA27

secondary

#A469C4

accent

#42E6AC

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AA27

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

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