#56A017#56A017

#56A017 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.177 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A017
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 23)
HSL	hsl(92, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(92, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 0%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -44.61, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 72.43, 128.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1251 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.177 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5628, 27.1809, 5.1841)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A017 #6117A0

analogous

#9AA017 #56A017 #17A01D

triadic

#56A017 #1756A0 #A01756

tetradic

#56A017 #179AA0 #6117A0 #A01D17

square

#56A017 #179AA0 #6117A0 #A01D17

split-complementary

#56A017 #1D17A0 #A0179A

monochromatic

#1C3508 #396A0F #56A017 #73D61F #93E54C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#56A017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#56A017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A017

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A017	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)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.177 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbd63',
    500: '#56a017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a017;
$custom-light: #8dbd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.409,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63296,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A017

secondary

#8E4CC7

accent

#36F19B

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A017

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

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