#55B417#55B417

#55B417 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.200 H 137.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B417
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(96, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(96, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -52.64, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 81.77, 130.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.1465 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.2 137)
XYZ	xyz(20.2216, 34.6341, 6.4299)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B417 #7617B4

analogous

#A3B417 #55B417 #17B428

triadic

#55B417 #1755B4 #B41755

tetradic

#55B417 #17A3B4 #7617B4 #B42817

square

#55B417 #17A3B4 #7617B4 #B42817

split-complementary

#55B417 #2817B4 #B417A3

monochromatic

#224709 #3B7E10 #55B417 #70E325 #94EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#55B417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#55B417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B417

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B417	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAD99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.200 137.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcb67',
    500: '#55b417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b417;
$custom-light: #8fcb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.306,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68489,
    "c": 0.20022,
    "h": 137
  },
  "luminance": 0.34636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B417

secondary

#A059CE

accent

#34F4A8

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F9EB

border

#CCD2C6

text

#0E1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B417

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

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