#56A016#56A016

#56A016 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.177 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A016
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(92, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(92, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -44.65, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 72.64, 127.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.1252 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.177 135)
XYZ	xyz(16.5530, 27.1770, 5.1324)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A016 #6016A0

analogous

#9BA016 #56A016 #16A01B

triadic

#56A016 #1656A0 #A01656

tetradic

#56A016 #169BA0 #6016A0 #A01B16

square

#56A016 #169BA0 #6016A0 #A01B16

split-complementary

#56A016 #1B16A0 #A0169B

monochromatic

#1C3407 #396A0F #56A016 #73D61D #93E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#56A016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#56A016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A016

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A016	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.177 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbd63',
    500: '#56a016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a016;
$custom-light: #8dbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.174,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.17706,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.27178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A016

secondary

#8D4AC8

accent

#35F29B

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A016

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

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