#556E16#556E16

#556E16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.115 H 124.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556E16
RGB	rgb(85, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(77, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(77, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, -22.43, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 48.21, 117.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.0653 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.115 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4672, 13.1410, 2.7966)
Luminance	0.1314 (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

#556E16 #2F166E

analogous

#6E5B16 #556E16 #296E16

triadic

#556E16 #16556E #6E1655

tetradic

#556E16 #166E5B #2F166E #6E1629

square

#556E16 #166E5B #2F166E #6E1629

split-complementary

#556E16 #16296E #5B166E

monochromatic

#141A05 #2E3B0C #556E16 #7CA120 #A4D42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#556E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#556E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556E16

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556E16	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)

#756602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.115 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88975b',
    500: '#556e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556e16;
$custom-light: #88975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.045,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50079,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556E16

secondary

#593CA4

accent

#3EEA6F

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556E16

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

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