#56501A#56501A

#56501A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.074 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56501A
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 26)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 69.8%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, -5.04, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 32.03, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% -0.0165 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.074 103)
XYZ	xyz(6.8931, 7.7906, 2.1177)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56501A #1A2056

analogous

#56321A #56501A #3E561A

triadic

#56501A #1A5650 #501A56

tetradic

#56501A #1A5632 #1A2056 #561A3E

square

#56501A #1A5632 #1A2056 #561A3E

split-complementary

#56501A #1A3E56 #321A56

monochromatic

#171607 #27240C #56501A #857C28 #B4A736

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#56501A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#56501A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56501A

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56501A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56501A	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56501a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.074 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88805a',
    500: '#56501a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56501a;
$custom-light: #88805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56501a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42537,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.0779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56501A

secondary

#40478C

accent

#59DD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56501A

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

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