#56A42A#56A42A

#56A42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.172 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A42A
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(98, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(98, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -45.18, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 69.30, 130.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.1255 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.172 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5306, 28.6954, 6.8050)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A42A #782AA4

analogous

#93A42A #56A42A #2AA43B

triadic

#56A42A #2A56A4 #A42A56

tetradic

#56A42A #2A93A4 #782AA4 #A43B2A

square

#56A42A #2A93A4 #782AA4 #A43B2A

split-complementary

#56A42A #3B2AA4 #A42A93

monochromatic

#234311 #3C731E #56A42A #72CD3E #95DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#56A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#56A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A42A

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A42A	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.172 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbf6c',
    500: '#56a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a42a;
$custom-light: #8dbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.361,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64452,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A42A

secondary

#A169C1

accent

#45E2AA

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A42A

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

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