#557D16#557D16

#557D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.134 H 129.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557D16
RGB	rgb(85, 125, 22)
HSL	hsl(83, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(83, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 82.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, -29.79, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 55.79, 122.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% -0.0853 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.134 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2247, 16.6561, 3.3825)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557D16 #3E167D

analogous

#7D7216 #557D16 #227D16

triadic

#557D16 #16557D #7D1655

tetradic

#557D16 #167D72 #3E167D #7D1622

square

#557D16 #167D72 #3E167D #7D1622

split-complementary

#557D16 #16227D #72167D

monochromatic

#121A05 #32490D #557D16 #78B11F #9ADB32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#557D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#557D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557D16

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557D16	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58776A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 125, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.134 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a35d',
    500: '#557d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557d16;
$custom-light: #89a35d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.301,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54018,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557D16

secondary

#6A3DB2

accent

#3BED80

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F3E9

border

#CBCDC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557D16

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

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