#56A228#56A228

#56A228 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.171 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A228
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(97, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(97, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -44.51, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 68.92, 130.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.1238 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.171 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1406, 27.9712, 6.5029)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A228 #7428A2

analogous

#93A228 #56A228 #28A237

triadic

#56A228 #2856A2 #A22856

tetradic

#56A228 #2893A2 #7428A2 #A23728

square

#56A228 #2893A2 #7428A2 #A23728

split-complementary

#56A228 #3728A2 #A22893

monochromatic

#224010 #3C711C #56A228 #71CE39 #94DA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#56A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#56A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A228

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A228	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#A8940E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.171 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbe6b',
    500: '#56a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a228;
$custom-light: #8dbe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.377,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63915,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A228

secondary

#9E65C1

accent

#44E4A7

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A228

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

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