#56B227#56B227

#56B227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.191 H 137.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B227
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(100, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(100, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -50.85, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 77.04, 131.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.1409 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.191 137.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1237, 33.9642, 7.4144)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B227 #8327B2

analogous

#9CB227 #56B227 #27B23D

triadic

#56B227 #2756B2 #B22756

tetradic

#56B227 #279CB2 #8327B2 #B23D27

square

#56B227 #279CB2 #8327B2 #B23D27

split-complementary

#56B227 #3D27B2 #B2279C

monochromatic

#254E11 #3E801C #56B227 #73D541 #98E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#56B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B227

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B227	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAC98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.191 137.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fca6c',
    500: '#56b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b227;
$custom-light: #8fca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.712,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68085,
    "c": 0.19095,
    "h": 137.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B227

secondary

#A96DC8

accent

#41E7AF

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F8EC

border

#CCD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B227

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

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