#556D20#556D20

#556D20 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.106 H 125.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556D20
RGB	rgb(85, 109, 32)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(79, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 70.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, -21.27, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 43.94, 118.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% -0.0612 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.106 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4757, 12.9728, 3.3710)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556D20 #38206D

analogous

#6D5E20 #556D20 #2F6D20

triadic

#556D20 #20556D #6D2055

tetradic

#556D20 #206D5E #38206D #6D202F

square

#556D20 #206D5E #38206D #6D202F

split-complementary

#556D20 #202F6D #5E206D

monochromatic

#121807 #303E12 #556D20 #7A9C2E #9DC740

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#556D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#556D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556D20

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556D20	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 109, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.106 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879760',
    500: '#556d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556d20;
$custom-light: #879760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.701,
    "s": 54.61,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49897,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556D20

secondary

#6448A1

accent

#4ADE78

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2EA

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556D20

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

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