#557216#557216

#557216 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.120 H 126.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557216
RGB	rgb(85, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(79, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(79, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 80.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, -24.45, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 50.23, 119.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% -0.0708 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.12 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9085, 14.0237, 2.9437)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557216 #331672

analogous

#726116 #557216 #277216

triadic

#557216 #165572 #721655

tetradic

#557216 #167261 #331672 #721627

square

#557216 #167261 #331672 #721627

split-complementary

#557216 #162772 #611672

monochromatic

#131A05 #2F3F0C #557216 #7BA520 #A1D62C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#557216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#557216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557216

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557216	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.120 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889a5c',
    500: '#557216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557216;
$custom-light: #889a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.913,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51126,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557216

secondary

#5E3CA8

accent

#3DEB74

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0E04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557216

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

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