#557B2E#557B2E

#557B2E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.115 H 131.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B2E
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 46)
HSL	hsl(90, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(90, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, -27.08, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 45.84, 126.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% -0.0758 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.115 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3223, 16.2941, 5.1328)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557B2E #542E7B

analogous

#7B7A2E #557B2E #2F7B2E

triadic

#557B2E #2E557B #7B2E55

tetradic

#557B2E #2E7B7A #542E7B #7B2E2F

square

#557B2E #2E7B7A #542E7B #7B2E2F

split-complementary

#557B2E #2E2F7B #7A2E7B

monochromatic

#17220D #364E1D #557B2E #74A83F #92C360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#557B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#557B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B2E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B2E	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56766B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.115 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a16a',
    500: '#557b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b2e;
$custom-light: #87a16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.61,
    "s": 45.562,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53696,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B2E

secondary

#825BAA

accent

#53D593

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0C0F07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B2E

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

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