#565A40#565A40

#565A40 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.040 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565A40
RGB	rgb(86, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 28.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, -6.54, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 15.94, 114.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% -0.0172 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.04 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4193, 9.6610, 6.2707)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565A40 #44405A

analogous

#5A5140 #565A40 #495A40

triadic

#565A40 #40565A #5A4056

tetradic

#565A40 #405A51 #44405A #5A4049

square

#565A40 #405A51 #44405A #5A4049

split-complementary

#565A40 #40495A #51405A

monochromatic

#12120D #343627 #565A40 #787E59 #989E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#565A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#565A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565A40

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565A40	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.040 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868875',
    500: '#565a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565a40;
$custom-light: #868875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45653,
    "c": 0.04044,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565A40

secondary

#716C89

accent

#6EBA7A

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFED

border

#CACAC8

text

#0B0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #565A40

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

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