#557B20#557B20

#557B20 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.126 H 129.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B20
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 32)
HSL	hsl(85, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(85, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 74%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, -28.25, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 51.49, 123.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% -0.0803 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.126 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0899, 16.2012, 3.9091)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557B20 #46207B

analogous

#7B7320 #557B20 #277B20

triadic

#557B20 #20557B #7B2055

tetradic

#557B20 #207B73 #46207B #7B2027

square

#557B20 #207B73 #46207B #7B2027

split-complementary

#557B20 #20277B #73207B

monochromatic

#121A07 #334A13 #557B20 #77AC2D #96CF46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#557B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#557B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B20

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B20	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#577569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.126 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a162',
    500: '#557b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b20;
$custom-light: #88a162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.055,
    "s": 58.71,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5356,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B20

secondary

#7349AE

accent

#46E287

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B20

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

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