#56500B#56500B

#56500B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.084 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56500B
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 11)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 87.2%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, -5.85, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 38.23, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% -0.0205 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.084 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7671, 7.7402, 1.4541)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56500B #0B1156

analogous

#562B0B #56500B #37560B

triadic

#56500B #0B5650 #500B56

tetradic

#56500B #0B562B #0B1156 #560B37

square

#56500B #0B562B #0B1156 #560B37

split-complementary

#56500B #0B3756 #2B0B56

monochromatic

#1B1903 #201E04 #56500B #8C8212 #C3B519

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#56500B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#56500B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56500B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56500B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56500B	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56500b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.084 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898052',
    500: '#56500b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56500b;
$custom-light: #898052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56500b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42417,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56500B

secondary

#2B3391

accent

#43F434

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EEE7

border

#CBC9C3

text

#0C0A02

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56500B

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

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