#56531B#56531B

#56531B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.076 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56531B
RGB	rgb(86, 83, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.49, -6.75, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.49, 32.84, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% -0.0213 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.076 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1291, 8.2443, 2.2525)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56531B #1B1E56

analogous

#56361B #56531B #3C561B

triadic

#56531B #1B5653 #531B56

tetradic

#56531B #1B5636 #1B1E56 #561B3C

square

#56531B #1B5636 #1B1E56 #561B3C

split-complementary

#56531B #1B3C56 #361B56

monochromatic

#171607 #27260C #56531B #85802A #B3AD38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#56531B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#56531B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56531B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56531B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56531B	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56531b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 83, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.076 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88835a',
    500: '#56531b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56531b;
$custom-light: #88835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56531b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4329,
    "c": 0.07602,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56531B

secondary

#41458C

accent

#53DC4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56531B

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

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