#556D2A#556D2A

#556D2A is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.098 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556D2A
RGB	rgb(85, 109, 42)
HSL	hsl(81, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 61.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, -20.40, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 39.51, 121.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50% -0.0578 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.098 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6329, 13.0356, 4.1987)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556D2A #422A6D

analogous

#6D642A #556D2A #336D2A

triadic

#556D2A #2A556D #6D2A55

tetradic

#556D2A #2A6D64 #422A6D #6D2A33

square

#556D2A #2A6D64 #422A6D #6D2A33

split-complementary

#556D2A #2A336D #642A6D

monochromatic

#111609 #334119 #556D2A #77993B #98BD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#556D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#556D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556D2A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556D2A	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F652F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 109, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.098 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879766',
    500: '#556d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556d2a;
$custom-light: #879766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.493,
    "s": 44.371,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50004,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556D2A

secondary

#6F549F

accent

#54D482

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #556D2A

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

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