Avocado #568203

Avocado (#568203) is a mid-tone, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 129°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.147. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#568203
RGBrgb(86, 130, 3)
HSLhsl(81, 95%, 26%)
HSVhsv(81, 98%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(34%, 0%, 98%, 49%)
CIE Lablab(49.4 -32.4 52.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.553 0.147 129)

How Avocado behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Avocado shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.58:1 and against black 4.59:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Avocado

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#b1d789 · #88b158 · #568203 · #416500 · #274000 · #101e00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#4aac80 · #4a9851 · #568203 · #626700 · #5e5000 · #553b00

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#00cab5 · #599f93 · #568203 · #406200 · #2b4400 · #002a24

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#cee0bc · #a5c089 · #8b997d · #568203 · #6b358f · #2a3d10

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f6eefd · #87917e · #568203 · #5c5760 · #1f2815 · #020003

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f5effa · #ccc6d2 · #a098a7 · #271e2f · #06010c · #568203

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#aededa · #90c990 · #a075ae · #568203 · #411aac · #041121

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#f0c8b9 · #da7bbb · #8582a4 · #568203 · #605983 · #130f04

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e8f3ff · #5092d1 · #568203 · #982a47 · #4b0019 · #000515

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#def7ff · #009dbd · #568203 · #713b95 · #450f00 · #04000b

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#6E963A · #86AA5D · #9FBE7D · #B8D29E · #D2E7BE

Shades

#466C00 · #375600 · #284100 · #1A2D00 · #0D1B00

Muted

#5C7F30 · #637C46 · #697958

Using Avocado

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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