#565A42#565A42

#565A42 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.038 H 115.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565A42
RGB	rgb(86, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 15%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, -6.21, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 14.75, 114.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0162 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.038 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4772, 9.6842, 6.5758)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565A42 #46425A

analogous

#5A5242 #565A42 #4A5A42

triadic

#565A42 #42565A #5A4256

tetradic

#565A42 #425A52 #46425A #5A424A

square

#565A42 #425A52 #46425A #5A424A

split-complementary

#565A42 #424A5A #52425A

monochromatic

#13130E #343728 #565A42 #787D5C #979D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#565A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#565A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565A42

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565A42	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.038 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868876',
    500: '#565a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565a42;
$custom-light: #868876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45701,
    "c": 0.03753,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565A42

secondary

#736F89

accent

#70B87C

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFED

border

#CACAC8

text

#0B0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #565A42

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

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