#557E22#557E22

#557E22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.128 H 130.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E22
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(87, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 73%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, -29.54, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 52.37, 124.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0836 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.128 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4958, 16.9681, 4.1826)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E22 #4B227E

analogous

#7E7922 #557E22 #277E22

triadic

#557E22 #22557E #7E2255

tetradic

#557E22 #227E79 #4B227E #7E2227

square

#557E22 #227E79 #4B227E #7E2227

split-complementary

#557E22 #22277E #79227E

monochromatic

#141E08 #344E15 #557E22 #76AE2F #94CF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#557E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#557E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557E22

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557E22	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57786C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.128 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a363',
    500: '#557e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e22;
$custom-light: #88a363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54364,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E22

secondary

#784BB1

accent

#47E18C

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C0F06

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E22

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

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