#55B317#55B317

#55B317 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.199 H 136.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B317
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(96, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(96, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -52.27, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 81.32, 130.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.1455 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.199 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0204, 34.2318, 6.3629)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B317 #7517B3

analogous

#A3B317 #55B317 #17B327

triadic

#55B317 #1755B3 #B31755

tetradic

#55B317 #17A3B3 #7517B3 #B32717

square

#55B317 #17A3B3 #7517B3 #B32717

split-complementary

#55B317 #2717B3 #B317A3

monochromatic

#214709 #3B7D10 #55B317 #70E324 #93EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55B317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#55B317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B317

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B317	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAC98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.199 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fca66',
    500: '#55b317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b317;
$custom-light: #8fca66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.154,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68228,
    "c": 0.19909,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B317

secondary

#9F58CD

accent

#34F4A8

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F8EB

border

#CCD1C6

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B317

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

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