#56540B#56540B

#56540B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.088 H 107.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56540B
RGB	rgb(86, 84, 11)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(58, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 87.2%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, -8.22, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 39.73, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% -0.0271 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.088 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0688, 8.3435, 1.5546)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56540B #0B0D56

analogous

#562F0B #56540B #33560B

triadic

#56540B #0B5654 #540B56

tetradic

#56540B #0B562F #0B0D56 #560B33

square

#56540B #0B562F #0B0D56 #560B33

split-complementary

#56540B #0B3356 #2F0B56

monochromatic

#1B1A03 #201F04 #56540B #8C8912 #C3BE19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#56540B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#56540B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56540B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56540B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56540B	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56540b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 84, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.088 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898352',
    500: '#56540b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56540b;
$custom-light: #898352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56540b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43415,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56540B

secondary

#2B2E91

accent

#39F434

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#F0EFE7

border

#CBCAC3

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56540B

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

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