#56A227#56A227

#56A227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.172 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A227
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(97, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(97, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -44.57, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 69.23, 130.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.124 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.172 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1238, 27.9645, 6.4144)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A227 #7327A2

analogous

#94A227 #56A227 #27A235

triadic

#56A227 #2756A2 #A22756

tetradic

#56A227 #2794A2 #7327A2 #A23527

square

#56A227 #2794A2 #7327A2 #A23527

split-complementary

#56A227 #3527A2 #A22794

monochromatic

#223F0F #3C711B #56A227 #71CF37 #94DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#56A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#56A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A227

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A227	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)

#A8940C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#539C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.172 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbe6a',
    500: '#56a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a227;
$custom-light: #8dbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.073,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63908,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A227

secondary

#9D64C1

accent

#43E4A7

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A227

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

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