#556B26#556B26

#556B26 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.099 H 124.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#556B26
RGBrgb(85, 107, 38)
HSLhsl(79, 48%, 28%)
HSVhsv(79, 64%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(20.6%, 0%, 64.5%, 58%)
CIE-LABlab(42.13, -19.73, 35.04)
CIE-LCHlch(42.13, 40.22, 119.38°)
OKLaboklab(49.44% -0.0563 0.0808)
OKLCHoklch(49.44% 0.099 124.9)
XYZxyz(9.3539, 12.5865, 3.7700)
Luminance0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#556B26 #3C266B
analogous
#6B5E26 #556B26 #326B26
triadic
#556B26 #26556B #6B2655
tetradic
#556B26 #266B5E #3C266B #6B2632
square
#556B26 #266B5E #3C266B #6B2632
split-complementary
#556B26 #26326B #5E266B
monochromatic
#121708 #313E16 #556B26 #799836 #9BBF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97
#556B26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52
#556B26 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556B26
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##556B26#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##556B261.005.973.525.97
#FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00
#0000003.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#71641E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E632B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#59665C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #556b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 107, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.099 124.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879564',
    500: '#556b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #556b26;
$custom-light: #879564;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#556b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.13,
    "s": 47.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49439,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#556B26
secondary
#684F9E
accent
#51D77C
background
#F8F9F6
surface
#F0F1EB
border
#CBCBC6
text
#0B0D05
muted
#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

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#556B26 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva