#556E14#556E14

#556E14 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.116 H 124.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556E14
RGB	rgb(85, 110, 20)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(77, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 81.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, -22.53, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 48.85, 117.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% -0.0657 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.116 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4486, 13.1336, 2.6989)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556E14 #2D146E

analogous

#6E5A14 #556E14 #286E14

triadic

#556E14 #14556E #6E1455

tetradic

#556E14 #146E5A #2D146E #6E1428

square

#556E14 #146E5A #2D146E #6E1428

split-complementary

#556E14 #14286E #5A146E

monochromatic

#141A05 #2D3A0B #556E14 #7DA21D #A5D627

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#556E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#556E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556E14

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556E14	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 110, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.116 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88975a',
    500: '#556e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556e14;
$custom-light: #88975a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50067,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556E14

secondary

#5739A5

accent

#3CEC6D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556E14

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

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