#557B17#557B17

#557B17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.131 H 129.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B17
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(83, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(83, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 81.3%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, -28.79, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 54.49, 121.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% -0.0825 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.131 129)
XYZ	xyz(10.9839, 16.1588, 3.3507)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557B17 #3D177B

analogous

#7B6F17 #557B17 #237B17

triadic

#557B17 #17557B #7B1755

tetradic

#557B17 #177B6F #3D177B #7B1723

square

#557B17 #177B6F #3D177B #7B1723

split-complementary

#557B17 #17237B #6F177B

monochromatic

#121A05 #31470D #557B17 #79AF21 #9AD933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#557B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#557B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B17

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B17	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#587569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.131 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a15d',
    500: '#557b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b17;
$custom-light: #89a15d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.8,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53497,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.16159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B17

secondary

#693EB0

accent

#3CEB7F

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B17

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

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