#565840#565840

#565840 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.037 H 111.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565840
RGB	rgb(86, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 27.3%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, -5.35, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 14.71, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% -0.0138 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.037 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2529, 9.3281, 6.2152)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565840 #424058

analogous

#584E40 #565840 #4A5840

triadic

#565840 #405658 #584056

tetradic

#565840 #40584E #424058 #58404A

square

#565840 #40584E #424058 #58404A

split-complementary

#565840 #404A58 #4E4058

monochromatic

#11120D #333526 #565840 #797B5A #999C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#565840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#565840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565840

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565840	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.037 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868775',
    500: '#565840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565840;
$custom-light: #868775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45162,
    "c": 0.03724,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565840

secondary

#6F6C87

accent

#6FB975

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFED

border

#CACAC8

text

#0B0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #565840

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

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