#556D1D#556D1D

#556D1D is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.109 H 124.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556D1D
RGB	rgb(85, 109, 29)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 73.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, -21.49, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 45.14, 118.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% -0.062 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.109 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4368, 12.9572, 3.1660)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556D1D #351D6D

analogous

#6D5D1D #556D1D #2D6D1D

triadic

#556D1D #1D556D #6D1D55

tetradic

#556D1D #1D6D5D #351D6D #6D1D2D

square

#556D1D #1D6D5D #351D6D #6D1D2D

split-complementary

#556D1D #1D2D6D #5D1D6D

monochromatic

#131806 #2F3D10 #556D1D #7B9D2A #9FCB3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#556D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#556D1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556D1D

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556D1D	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 109, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.109 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87975f',
    500: '#556d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556d1d;
$custom-light: #87975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 57.971,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4987,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556D1D

secondary

#6044A2

accent

#47E175

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556D1D

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

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