#56A229#56A229

#56A229 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.170 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A229
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(98, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(98, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -44.44, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 68.61, 130.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.1235 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.17 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1578, 27.9781, 6.5936)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A229 #7529A2

analogous

#93A229 #56A229 #29A239

triadic

#56A229 #2956A2 #A22956

tetradic

#56A229 #2993A2 #7529A2 #A23929

square

#56A229 #2993A2 #7529A2 #A23929

split-complementary

#56A229 #3929A2 #A22993

monochromatic

#224010 #3C711D #56A229 #71CD3B #95DA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#56A229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#56A229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A229

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A229	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.170 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbe6b',
    500: '#56a229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a229;
$custom-light: #8dbe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.686,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63922,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A229

secondary

#9F67C0

accent

#45E3A8

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A229

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

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