#56A226#56A226

#56A226 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.172 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A226
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(97, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -44.64, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 69.53, 129.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.1243 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.172 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1075, 27.9579, 6.3283)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A226 #7226A2

analogous

#94A226 #56A226 #26A234

triadic

#56A226 #2656A2 #A22656

tetradic

#56A226 #2694A2 #7226A2 #A23426

square

#56A226 #2694A2 #7226A2 #A23426

split-complementary

#56A226 #3426A2 #A22694

monochromatic

#213F0F #3C701A #56A226 #71D035 #94DB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#56A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#56A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A226

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A226	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)

#A89409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.172 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbe6a',
    500: '#56a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a226;
$custom-light: #8dbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.774,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63901,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A226

secondary

#9D63C1

accent

#43E5A6

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A226

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

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