#56511D#56511D

#56511D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.072 H 103.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56511D
RGB	rgb(86, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, -5.41, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 30.97, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% -0.0172 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.072 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0022, 7.9523, 2.3283)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56511D #1D2256

analogous

#56351D #56511D #3E561D

triadic

#56511D #1D5651 #511D56

tetradic

#56511D #1D5635 #1D2256 #561D3E

square

#56511D #1D5635 #1D2256 #561D3E

split-complementary

#56511D #1D3E56 #351D56

monochromatic

#171608 #28260E #56511D #847C2C #B2A73C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#56511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#56511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56511D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56511D	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.072 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88815b',
    500: '#56511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56511d;
$custom-light: #88815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42817,
    "c": 0.07191,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56511D

secondary

#444A8B

accent

#5BD94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56511D

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

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