#556217#556217

#556217 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.098 H 119.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556217
RGB	rgb(85, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 76.5%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.12, -16.03, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.12, 41.80, 112.56°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% -0.0476 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.098 119)
XYZ	xyz(8.2688, 10.7286, 2.4457)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556217 #241762

analogous

#624917 #556217 #2F6217

triadic

#556217 #175562 #621755

tetradic

#556217 #176249 #241762 #62172F

square

#556217 #176249 #241762 #62172F

split-complementary

#556217 #172F62 #491762

monochromatic

#151906 #2A300B #556217 #809423 #ABC52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#556217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#556217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556217

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556217	1.00	6.68	3.15	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.098 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878e5a',
    500: '#556217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556217;
$custom-light: #878e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46968,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.10729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556217

secondary

#4C3C99

accent

#43E55F

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556217

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

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