#55AE21#55AE21

#55AE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.190 H 137.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE21
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(98, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(98, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -49.95, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 76.86, 130.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.1388 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.19 137.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1563, 32.3118, 6.6659)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE21 #7A21AE

analogous

#9BAE21 #55AE21 #21AE33

triadic

#55AE21 #2155AE #AE2155

tetradic

#55AE21 #219BAE #7A21AE #AE3321

square

#55AE21 #219BAE #7A21AE #AE3321

split-complementary

#55AE21 #3321AE #AE219B

monochromatic

#23470D #3C7B17 #55AE21 #70D834 #95E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#55AE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#55AE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE21

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE21	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FA894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.190 137.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec769',
    500: '#55ae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae21;
$custom-light: #8ec769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.872,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66966,
    "c": 0.18956,
    "h": 137.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE21

secondary

#A363C8

accent

#3DEBAB

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE21

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →