#557217#557217

#557217 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.119 H 126.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557217
RGB	rgb(85, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(79, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(79, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 79.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, -24.40, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 49.91, 119.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% -0.0705 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.119 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9183, 14.0276, 2.9955)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557217 #341772

analogous

#726217 #557217 #287217

triadic

#557217 #175572 #721755

tetradic

#557217 #177262 #341772 #721728

square

#557217 #177262 #341772 #721728

split-complementary

#557217 #172872 #621772

monochromatic

#131905 #2F3F0D #557217 #7BA521 #A0D52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#557217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#557217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557217

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557217	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.119 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889a5c',
    500: '#557217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557217;
$custom-light: #889a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.121,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51133,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557217

secondary

#5F3DA8

accent

#3EE975

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0E04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557217

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

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