#56550D#56550D

#56550D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.088 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56550D
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 13)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 84.9%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, -8.72, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 39.48, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% -0.0284 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.088 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1592, 8.5047, 1.6452)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56550D #0D0E56

analogous

#56310D #56550D #33560D

triadic

#56550D #0D5655 #550D56

tetradic

#56550D #0D5631 #0D0E56 #560D33

square

#56550D #0D5631 #0D0E56 #560D33

split-complementary

#56550D #0D3356 #310D56

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #212005 #56550D #8B8A15 #C0BE1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#56550D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#56550D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56550D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56550D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56550D	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)

#5E5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56550d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.088 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888453',
    500: '#56550d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56550d;
$custom-light: #888453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56550d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43678,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56550D

secondary

#2E3091

accent

#3AF037

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE8

border

#CBCAC4

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56550D

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

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