#56490B#56490B

#56490B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.078 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56490B
RGB	rgb(86, 73, 11)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 87.2%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, -1.62, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 35.92, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% -0.0086 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.078 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2810, 6.7680, 1.2921)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56490B #0B1856

analogous

#56240B #56490B #3E560B

triadic

#56490B #0B5649 #490B56

tetradic

#56490B #0B5624 #0B1856 #560B3E

square

#56490B #0B5624 #0B1856 #560B3E

split-complementary

#56490B #0B3E56 #240B56

monochromatic

#1B1703 #201B04 #56490B #8C7712 #C3A519

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#56490B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#56490B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56490B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56490B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56490B	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554B10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56490b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 73, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.078 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897b51',
    500: '#56490b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56490b;
$custom-light: #897b51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56490b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40701,
    "c": 0.07807,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56490B

secondary

#2B3D91

accent

#55F434

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0902

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56490B

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

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