#56501C#56501C

#56501C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.072 H 102.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56501C
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.4%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, -4.89, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 31.04, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% -0.0158 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.072 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9163, 7.7999, 2.2396)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56501C #1C2256

analogous

#56331C #56501C #3F561C

triadic

#56501C #1C5650 #501C56

tetradic

#56501C #1C5633 #1C2256 #561C3F

square

#56501C #1C5633 #1C2256 #561C3F

split-complementary

#56501C #1C3F56 #331C56

monochromatic

#171508 #28250D #56501C #847B2B #B2A63A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#56501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#56501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56501C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56501C	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.072 102.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42559,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56501C

secondary

#424A8C

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56501C

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

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