#55AE23#55AE23

#55AE23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.189 H 137.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE23
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(98, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(98, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -49.84, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 76.35, 130.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.1384 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.189 137.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1851, 32.3233, 6.8179)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE23 #7C23AE

analogous

#9AAE23 #55AE23 #23AE36

triadic

#55AE23 #2355AE #AE2355

tetradic

#55AE23 #239AAE #7C23AE #AE3623

square

#55AE23 #239AAE #7C23AE #AE3623

split-complementary

#55AE23 #3623AE #AE239A

monochromatic

#23480F #3C7B19 #55AE23 #71D737 #95E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#55AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#55AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE23

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE23	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)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FA894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.189 137.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec76a',
    500: '#55ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae23;
$custom-light: #8ec76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.417,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66976,
    "c": 0.18865,
    "h": 137.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE23

secondary

#A466C7

accent

#3EE9AC

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE23

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

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