#56AE27#56AE27

#56AE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.186 H 137.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE27
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(99, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(99, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -49.31, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 75.11, 131.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.1368 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.186 137.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3394, 32.3956, 7.1530)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE27 #7F27AE

analogous

#9AAE27 #56AE27 #27AE3C

triadic

#56AE27 #2756AE #AE2756

tetradic

#56AE27 #279AAE #7F27AE #AE3C27

square

#56AE27 #279AAE #7F27AE #AE3C27

split-complementary

#56AE27 #3C27AE #AE279A

monochromatic

#254A11 #3D7C1C #56AE27 #72D43E #97DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#56AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE27

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE27	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.186 137.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec76c',
    500: '#56ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae27;
$custom-light: #8ec76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67043,
    "c": 0.1862,
    "h": 137.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE27

secondary

#A66BC6

accent

#41E6AD

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE27

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

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