#56501D#56501D

#56501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.071 H 102.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56501D
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, -4.81, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 30.54, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% -0.0155 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.071 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9284, 7.8047, 2.3037)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56501D #1D2356

analogous

#56331D #56501D #40561D

triadic

#56501D #1D5650 #501D56

tetradic

#56501D #1D5633 #1D2356 #561D40

square

#56501D #1D5633 #1D2356 #561D40

split-complementary

#56501D #1D4056 #331D56

monochromatic

#171508 #28250E #56501D #847B2C #B2A53C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#56501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#56501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56501D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#574D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.071 102.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4257,
    "c": 0.07082,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56501D

secondary

#444B8B

accent

#5DD94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56501D

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

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