#557517#557517

#557517 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.123 H 127.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557517
RGB	rgb(85, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(80, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(80, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 80.3%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, -25.89, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 51.44, 120.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% -0.0746 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.123 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2623, 14.7155, 3.1102)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557517 #371775

analogous

#756617 #557517 #267517

triadic

#557517 #175575 #751755

tetradic

#557517 #177566 #371775 #751726

square

#557517 #177566 #371775 #751726

split-complementary

#557517 #172675 #661775

monochromatic

#131A05 #30420D #557517 #7AA821 #9ED630

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#557517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#557517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557517

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557517	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)

#776A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.123 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889d5d',
    500: '#557517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557517;
$custom-light: #889d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.426,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5192,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557517

secondary

#633DAA

accent

#3EEA78

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0E04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557517

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

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