#56BD21#56BD21

#56BD21 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.206 H 137.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BD21
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(100, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(100, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -55.26, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 83.65, 131.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.1531 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.206 137.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3091, 38.4816, 7.6906)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BD21 #8821BD

analogous

#A4BD21 #56BD21 #21BD3A

triadic

#56BD21 #2156BD #BD2156

tetradic

#56BD21 #21A4BD #8821BD #BD3A21

square

#56BD21 #21A4BD #8821BD #BD3A21

split-complementary

#56BD21 #3A21BD #BD21A4

monochromatic

#27550F #3E8918 #56BD21 #74DD3E #9AE672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#56BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BD21

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BD21	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.206 137.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d26b',
    500: '#56bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bd21;
$custom-light: #91d26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.20631,
    "h": 137.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BD21

secondary

#AC6DCD

accent

#3BEDB0

background

#F9FDF6

surface

#F2FAEC

border

#CCD3C7

text

#0E1408

muted

#7E837A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BD21

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

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