#56521B#56521B

#56521B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.075 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56521B
RGB	rgb(86, 82, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, -6.16, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 32.40, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% -0.0196 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.075 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0531, 8.0924, 2.2272)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56521B #1B1F56

analogous

#56351B #56521B #3D561B

triadic

#56521B #1B5652 #521B56

tetradic

#56521B #1B5635 #1B1F56 #561B3D

square

#56521B #1B5635 #1B1F56 #561B3D

split-complementary

#56521B #1B3D56 #351B56

monochromatic

#171607 #27260C #56521B #857E2A #B3AB38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#56521B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#56521B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56521B

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56521B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56521B	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56521b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 82, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.075 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88825a',
    500: '#56521b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56521b;
$custom-light: #88825a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56521b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43042,
    "c": 0.07489,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56521B

secondary

#41468C

accent

#56DC4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56521B

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

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