#56501E#56501E

#56501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.070 H 102.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56501E
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.1%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, -4.73, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 30.02, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% -0.0151 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.07 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9410, 7.8098, 2.3699)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56501E #1E2456

analogous

#56341E #56501E #40561E

triadic

#56501E #1E5650 #501E56

tetradic

#56501E #1E5634 #1E2456 #561E40

square

#56501E #1E5634 #1E2456 #561E40

split-complementary

#56501E #1E4056 #341E56

monochromatic

#171508 #29260E #56501E #837A2E #B1A43E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#56501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#56501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56501E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#574D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.070 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87805c',
    500: '#56501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56501e;
$custom-light: #87805c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42582,
    "c": 0.06985,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56501E

secondary

#454C8B

accent

#5FD850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56501E

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

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