#56552B#56552B

#56552B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.061 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56552B
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, -6.45, 24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 25.34, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44% -0.0184 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.061 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5225, 8.6500, 3.5584)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56552B #2B2C56

analogous

#563F2B #56552B #41562B

triadic

#56552B #2B5655 #552B56

tetradic

#56552B #2B563F #2B2C56 #562B41

square

#56552B #2B563F #2B2C56 #562B41

split-complementary

#56552B #2B4156 #3F2B56

monochromatic

#14140A #2D2D17 #56552B #7F7D3F #A8A654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#56552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#56552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56552B

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56552B	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.061 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878465',
    500: '#56552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56552b;
$custom-light: #878465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44001,
    "c": 0.06141,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56552B

secondary

#555688

accent

#61C95E

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFEFEB

border

#CACAC6

text

#0B0B06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #56552B

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

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