#565240#565240

#565240 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.029 H 96.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565240
RGB	rgb(86, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 15%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 25.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, -1.73, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 11.31, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% -0.0035 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.029 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7805, 8.3833, 6.0578)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565240 #404456

analogous

#564740 #565240 #4F5640

triadic

#565240 #405652 #524056

tetradic

#565240 #405647 #404456 #56404F

square

#565240 #405647 #404456 #56404F

split-complementary

#565240 #404F56 #474056

monochromatic

#12110D #333126 #565240 #79735A #9A9377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#565240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#565240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565240

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565240	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56513F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.029 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868274',
    500: '#565240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565240;
$custom-light: #868274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43706,
    "c": 0.02869,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565240

secondary

#6C7185

accent

#7DB770

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #565240

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

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