#56A222#56A222

#56A222 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.174 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A222
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(96, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -44.88, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 70.68, 129.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.1252 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.174 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0464, 27.9335, 6.0065)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A222 #6E22A2

analogous

#96A222 #56A222 #22A22E

triadic

#56A222 #2256A2 #A22256

tetradic

#56A222 #2296A2 #6E22A2 #A22E22

square

#56A222 #2296A2 #6E22A2 #A22E22

split-complementary

#56A222 #2E22A2 #A22296

monochromatic

#203D0D #3B6F17 #56A222 #71D32E #93DE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#56A222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#56A222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A222

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A222	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.174 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbe68',
    500: '#56a222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a222;
$custom-light: #8dbe68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.625,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63876,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A222

secondary

#995DC3

accent

#40E8A4

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A222

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

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