#56A22C#56A22C

#56A22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.169 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A22C
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(99, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(99, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -44.23, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 67.64, 130.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.1228 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.169 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2122, 27.9998, 6.8799)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A22C #782CA2

analogous

#91A22C #56A22C #2CA23D

triadic

#56A22C #2C56A2 #A22C56

tetradic

#56A22C #2C91A2 #782CA2 #A23D2C

square

#56A22C #2C91A2 #782CA2 #A23D2C

split-complementary

#56A22C #3D2CA2 #A22C91

monochromatic

#234212 #3C721F #56A22C #72CB40 #95D870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#56A22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#56A22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A22C

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A22C	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)

#A89417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.169 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe6d',
    500: '#56a22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a22c;
$custom-light: #8cbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.644,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63944,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A22C

secondary

#A16ABF

accent

#47E1AA

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A22C

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

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