#56501B#56501B

#56501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.073 H 102.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56501B
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, -4.96, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 31.54, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% -0.0162 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.073 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9045, 7.7952, 2.1776)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56501B #1B2156

analogous

#56331B #56501B #3F561B

triadic

#56501B #1B5650 #501B56

tetradic

#56501B #1B5633 #1B2156 #561B3F

square

#56501B #1B5633 #1B2156 #561B3F

split-complementary

#56501B #1B3F56 #331B56

monochromatic

#171607 #27250C #56501B #857B2A #B3A738

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#56501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#56501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56501B

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56501B	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)

#574D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.073 102.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42547,
    "c": 0.07271,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56501B

secondary

#41498C

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56501B

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

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