#56511E#56511E

#56511E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.071 H 103.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56511E
RGB	rgb(86, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.1%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, -5.33, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 30.46, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% -0.0168 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.071 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0148, 7.9573, 2.3944)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56511E #1E2356

analogous

#56351E #56511E #3F561E

triadic

#56511E #1E5651 #511E56

tetradic

#56511E #1E5635 #1E2356 #561E3F

square

#56511E #1E5635 #1E2356 #561E3F

split-complementary

#56511E #1E3F56 #351E56

monochromatic

#171508 #29260E #56511E #837C2E #B1A63E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#56511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#56511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56511E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56511E	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.071 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87815c',
    500: '#56511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56511e;
$custom-light: #87815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42828,
    "c": 0.07095,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56511E

secondary

#454B8B

accent

#5CD850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56511E

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

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