#565138#565138

#565138 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.039 H 98.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565138
RGB	rgb(86, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 34.9%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.29, -2.37, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.29, 15.66, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0056 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.039 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4941, 8.1490, 4.9188)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565138 #383D56

analogous

#564238 #565138 #4C5638

triadic

#565138 #385651 #513856

tetradic

#565138 #385642 #383D56 #56384C

square

#565138 #385642 #383D56 #56384C

split-complementary

#565138 #384C56 #423856

monochromatic

#13110C #312E20 #565138 #7B7450 #9E956A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#565138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#565138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565138

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565138	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.039 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86816e',
    500: '#565138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565138;
$custom-light: #86816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 21.127,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43273,
    "c": 0.03906,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565138

secondary

#646986

accent

#78BE6A

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #565138

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

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