#557516#557516

#557516 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.124 H 127.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557516
RGB	rgb(85, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(80, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(80, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 81.2%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, -25.94, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 51.75, 120.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% -0.0748 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.124 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2525, 14.7116, 3.0584)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557516 #361675

analogous

#756616 #557516 #257516

triadic

#557516 #165575 #751655

tetradic

#557516 #167566 #361675 #751625

square

#557516 #167566 #361675 #751625

split-complementary

#557516 #162575 #661675

monochromatic

#131A05 #30410C #557516 #7AA920 #9ED82E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#557516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#557516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557516

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557516	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.124 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889d5c',
    500: '#557516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557516;
$custom-light: #889d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.211,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51914,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557516

secondary

#613CAB

accent

#3DEB77

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0E04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557516

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

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