#56AE28#56AE28

#56AE28 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.186 H 137.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AE28
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(99, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(99, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -49.25, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 74.83, 131.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.1366 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.186 137.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3562, 32.4023, 7.2414)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE28 #8028AE

analogous

#99AE28 #56AE28 #28AE3D

triadic

#56AE28 #2856AE #AE2856

tetradic

#56AE28 #2899AE #8028AE #AE3D28

square

#56AE28 #2899AE #8028AE #AE3D28

split-complementary

#56AE28 #3D28AE #AE2899

monochromatic

#254A11 #3D7C1D #56AE28 #73D340 #97DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#56AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE28

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE28	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)

#B49F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.186 137.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec76c',
    500: '#56ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae28;
$custom-light: #8ec76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.403,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67049,
    "c": 0.18568,
    "h": 137.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE28

secondary

#A76CC6

accent

#42E6AE

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F1F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE28

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

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