#56550B#56550B

#56550B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.089 H 108.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56550B
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 11)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 87.2%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, -8.80, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 40.12, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0287 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.089 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1469, 8.4998, 1.5807)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56550B #0B0C56

analogous

#56300B #56550B #32560B

triadic

#56550B #0B5655 #550B56

tetradic

#56550B #0B5630 #0B0C56 #560B32

square

#56550B #0B5630 #0B0C56 #560B32

split-complementary

#56550B #0B3256 #300B56

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #201F04 #56550B #8C8B12 #C3C019

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#56550B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#56550B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56550B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56550B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56550B	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56550b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.089 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898453',
    500: '#56550b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56550b;
$custom-light: #898453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56550b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43667,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56550B

secondary

#2B2D91

accent

#37F434

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#F0EFE7

border

#CBCAC3

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56550B

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

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