#55AD27#55AD27

#55AD27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.185 H 137.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AD27
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(99, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(99, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -49.23, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 74.79, 131.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.1365 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.185 137.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0555, 31.9635, 7.0845)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AD27 #7F27AD

analogous

#98AD27 #55AD27 #27AD3C

triadic

#55AD27 #2755AD #AD2755

tetradic

#55AD27 #2798AD #7F27AD #AD3C27

square

#55AD27 #2798AD #7F27AD #AD3C27

split-complementary

#55AD27 #3C27AD #AD2798

monochromatic

#244910 #3C7B1C #55AD27 #71D33E #96DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#55AD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#55AD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AD27

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AD27	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FA794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.185 137.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec66c',
    500: '#55ad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ad27;
$custom-light: #8ec66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.403,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66739,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 137.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AD27

secondary

#A66AC6

accent

#42E6AE

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AD27

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

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