#557815#557815

#557815 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.128 H 128.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557815
RGB	rgb(85, 120, 21)
HSL	hsl(81, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(81, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 82.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, -27.45, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 53.57, 120.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% -0.079 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.128 128)
XYZ	xyz(10.5982, 15.4181, 3.1269)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557815 #381578

analogous

#786915 #557815 #247815

triadic

#557815 #155578 #781555

tetradic

#557815 #157869 #381578 #781524

square

#557815 #157869 #381578 #781524

split-complementary

#557815 #152478 #691578

monochromatic

#121A05 #30440C #557815 #7AAC1E #9DDA2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#557815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#557815 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557815

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557815	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#587266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 120, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.128 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899f5c',
    500: '#557815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557815;
$custom-light: #899f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.212,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52696,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.15418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557815

secondary

#643BAE

accent

#3BED7A

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0E04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557815

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

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