#55AA00Yoshi (#55AA00) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 136°, lightness 0.66 and chroma 0.194. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #55AA00 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 170, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(90, 100%, 33%) |
| HSV | hsv(90, 100%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(50%, 0%, 100%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(62.2 -49.5 63.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.658 0.194 136) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Yoshi shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#63a600 — ΔE 1.6, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#5dab00 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#55aa00 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#54ab04 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Yoshi in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.94:1 and against black 7.14:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#c3ffa4 · #90da66 · #55aa00 · #448a00 · #2e6200 · #193c00
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#26d5a3 · #33c16a · #55aa00 · #768b00 · #7a7000 · #745900
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#5dc5bb · #55aa00 · #428800 · #00665f · #204800 · #002b28
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#b8e7a0 · #a4bd98 · #55aa00 · #9b41bc · #385e23 · #243d17
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f9edff · #55aa00 · #6d7c66 · #4c444f · #12220a · #020004
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f6eff9 · #cec5d1 · #a198a6 · #291d2d · #07010b · #55aa00
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dad8b3 · #83b596 · #55aa00 · #a21d79 · #403a61 · #22060c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#afdaea · #c79ab9 · #55aa00 · #574cb6 · #304063 · #04100b
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e9f3ff · #55aa00 · #2d76d0 · #890029 · #3e000d · #00051d
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e1f6ff · #55aa00 · #0083a7 · #6d028b · #350f00 · #06000d
#6EB840 · #86C663 · #9ED582 · #B6E2A0 · #CDF0BD
#448C00 · #356F00 · #265300 · #173900 · #092100
#65A63E · #72A15A · #7F9C70
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.