#56550F#56550F

#56550F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.087 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56550F
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 15)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 82.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, -8.64, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 38.80, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0279 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.087 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1728, 8.5102, 1.7166)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56550F #0F1056

analogous

#56320F #56550F #34560F

triadic

#56550F #0F5655 #550F56

tetradic

#56550F #0F5632 #0F1056 #560F34

square

#56550F #0F5632 #0F1056 #560F34

split-complementary

#56550F #0F3456 #320F56

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #222106 #56550F #8A8918 #BEBC21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#56550F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#56550F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56550F

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56550F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56550F	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56550f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.087 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888454',
    500: '#56550f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56550f;
$custom-light: #888454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56550f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4369,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56550F

secondary

#313290

accent

#3DED3B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #56550F

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

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