#56551C#56551C

#56551C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.077 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56551C
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.4%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, -7.86, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 33.27, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% -0.0243 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.077 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2961, 8.5595, 2.3662)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56551C #1C1D56

analogous

#56381C #56551C #3A561C

triadic

#56551C #1C5655 #551C56

tetradic

#56551C #1C5638 #1C1D56 #561C3A

square

#56551C #1C5638 #1C1D56 #561C3A

split-complementary

#56551C #1C3A56 #381C56

monochromatic

#171708 #28270D #56551C #84832B #B2B03A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#56551C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#56551C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56551C

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56551C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56551C	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56551c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.077 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88845b',
    500: '#56551c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56551c;
$custom-light: #88845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56551c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.438,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56551C

secondary

#42448C

accent

#50DA4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56551C

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

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