#556E17#556E17

#556E17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.114 H 124.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556E17
RGB	rgb(85, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(77, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(77, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, -22.37, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 47.87, 117.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% -0.065 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.114 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4770, 13.1449, 2.8484)
Luminance	0.1315 (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

#556E17 #30176E

analogous

#6E5B17 #556E17 #296E17

triadic

#556E17 #17556E #6E1755

tetradic

#556E17 #176E5B #30176E #6E1729

square

#556E17 #176E5B #30176E #6E1729

split-complementary

#556E17 #17296E #5B176E

monochromatic

#141905 #2E3B0C #556E17 #7CA122 #A3D32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#556E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#556E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556E17

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556E17	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)

#746604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.114 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88975c',
    500: '#556e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556e17;
$custom-light: #88975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.241,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50086,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556E17

secondary

#5B3DA4

accent

#3FE870

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #556E17

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

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