#557917#557917

#557917 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.129 H 128.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557917
RGB	rgb(85, 121, 23)
HSL	hsl(82, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(82, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 0%, 81%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, -27.83, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 53.48, 121.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.97% -0.0799 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(52.97% 0.129 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7383, 15.6676, 3.2688)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557917 #3B1779

analogous

#796C17 #557917 #247917

triadic

#557917 #175579 #791755

tetradic

#557917 #17796C #3B1779 #791724

square

#557917 #17796C #3B1779 #791724

split-complementary

#557917 #172479 #6C1779

monochromatic

#121A05 #31460D #557917 #79AC21 #9BD832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#557917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#557917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557917

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557917	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#587367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 121, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.129 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a05d',
    500: '#557917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557917;
$custom-light: #89a05d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.041,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52971,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557917

secondary

#673EAE

accent

#3DEB7D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0E05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557917

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

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