#556916#556916

#556916 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.108 H 122.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556916
RGB	rgb(85, 105, 22)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 79%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, -19.84, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 45.68, 115.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% -0.0582 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.108 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9428, 12.0923, 2.6218)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556916 #2A1669

analogous

#695416 #556916 #2B6916

triadic

#556916 #165569 #691655

tetradic

#556916 #166954 #2A1669 #69162B

square

#556916 #166954 #2A1669 #69162B

split-complementary

#556916 #162B69 #541669

monochromatic

#141905 #2C360B #556916 #7E9C21 #A7CE2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#556916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#556916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556916

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556916	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 105, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.108 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88945a',
    500: '#556916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556916;
$custom-light: #88945a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.458,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48775,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556916

secondary

#533B9F

accent

#3FE868

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556916

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

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