#56520B#56520B

#56520B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.086 H 106.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56520B
RGB	rgb(86, 82, 11)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 87.2%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, -7.04, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 38.97, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% -0.0238 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.086 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9158, 8.0374, 1.5036)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56520B #0B0F56

analogous

#562D0B #56520B #35560B

triadic

#56520B #0B5652 #520B56

tetradic

#56520B #0B562D #0B0F56 #560B35

square

#56520B #0B562D #0B0F56 #560B35

split-complementary

#56520B #0B3556 #2D0B56

monochromatic

#1B1A03 #201E04 #56520B #8C8612 #C3B919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#56520B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#56520B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56520B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56520B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56520B	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56520b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 82, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.086 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898252',
    500: '#56520b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56520b;
$custom-light: #898252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56520b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42915,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56520B

secondary

#2B3191

accent

#3EF434

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EEE7

border

#CBC9C3

text

#0C0A02

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56520B

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

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