#565E12#565E12

#565E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.096 H 115.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565E12
RGB	rgb(86, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, -13.63, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 41.67, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.99% -0.0415 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(45.99% 0.096 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9499, 10.0276, 2.0889)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565E12 #1A125E

analogous

#5E4012 #565E12 #305E12

triadic

#565E12 #12565E #5E1256

tetradic

#565E12 #125E40 #1A125E #5E1230

square

#565E12 #125E40 #1A125E #5E1230

split-complementary

#565E12 #12305E #40125E

monochromatic

#171A05 #272B08 #565E12 #85911C #B4C526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#565E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#565E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565E12

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565E12	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.096 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888b57',
    500: '#565e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565e12;
$custom-light: #888b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45992,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565E12

secondary

#403596

accent

#3DEB4F

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #565E12

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

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