#557E16#557E16

#557E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.136 H 129.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E16
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(84, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(84, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, -30.26, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 56.29, 122.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% -0.0865 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.136 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3519, 16.9106, 3.4249)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557E16 #3F167E

analogous

#7E7316 #557E16 #217E16

triadic

#557E16 #16557E #7E1655

tetradic

#557E16 #167E73 #3F167E #7E1621

square

#557E16 #167E73 #3F167E #7E1621

split-complementary

#557E16 #16217E #73167E

monochromatic

#121A05 #324A0D #557E16 #78B21F #99DB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#557E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#557E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557E16

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557E16	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58786B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.136 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a35e',
    500: '#557e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e16;
$custom-light: #89a35e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.654,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54281,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E16

secondary

#6B3DB3

accent

#3BED81

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4E9

border

#CBCEC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E16

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

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