#556D15#556D15

#556D15 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.114 H 124.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556D15
RGB	rgb(85, 109, 21)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(76, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 80.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, -21.97, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 48.03, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.0641 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.114 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3504, 12.9226, 2.7110)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556D15 #2D156D

analogous

#6D5915 #556D15 #296D15

triadic

#556D15 #15556D #6D1555

tetradic

#556D15 #156D59 #2D156D #6D1529

square

#556D15 #156D59 #2D156D #6D1529

split-complementary

#556D15 #15296D #59156D

monochromatic

#141A05 #2D3A0B #556D15 #7DA01F #A5D429

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#556D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#556D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556D15

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556D15	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 109, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.114 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88975b',
    500: '#556d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556d15;
$custom-light: #88975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49812,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556D15

secondary

#573AA3

accent

#3DEB6D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556D15

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

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