Information about #556E0C color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored yellow-green, #556E0C leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Mud Green (#606602). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Saratoga (#555B10) and Green Cola (#4C721D).
The recipe behind #556E0C is rgb(85, 110, 12), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #556E0C background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 5.8:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.6:1. No one has named #556E0C so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#556E0C color variations
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#556E0C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#556E0C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#556E0C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#556E0C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#556E0C color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #556E0C color
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Nearest named colors to #556E0C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#606602
#555B10
#4C721D
#6A6E09
#568203
#595900
#696112
#696006
#4E5900
#437C17
#668014
#6C7A0E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#556E0C
- RGB85, 110, 12
- CMYK10, 0, 38, 57
- CSSrgb(85, 110, 12)
- HSL75°, 80%, 24%
- HSL Precise75.306°, 80.328%, 23.922%
- HSV75°, 89%, 43%
- HSB75°, 89%, 43%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.047
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.431, 0.047)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.431, 0.047, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.431, 0.047)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB4.7%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID556E0C
- DECIMAL ID5598732
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
