#56551F#56551F

#56551F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.075 H 108.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56551F
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 64%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, -7.62, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 31.79, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% -0.0232 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.075 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3338, 8.5746, 2.5648)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56551F #1F2056

analogous

#56391F #56551F #3B561F

triadic

#56551F #1F5655 #551F56

tetradic

#56551F #1F5639 #1F2056 #561F3B

square

#56551F #1F5639 #1F2056 #561F3B

split-complementary

#56551F #1F3B56 #391F56

monochromatic

#161608 #29290F #56551F #83812F #B0AE3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#56551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#56551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56551F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56551F	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)

#5C5219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.075 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87845d',
    500: '#56551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56551f;
$custom-light: #87845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43833,
    "c": 0.07462,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56551F

secondary

#46478B

accent

#54D751

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #56551F

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

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