#565E21#565E21

#565E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.084 H 116.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565E21
RGB	rgb(86, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 64.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, -12.63, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 35.33, 110.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.13% -0.0371 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(46.13% 0.084 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1151, 10.0938, 2.9593)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565E21 #29215E

analogous

#5E4821 #565E21 #385E21

triadic

#565E21 #21565E #5E2156

tetradic

#565E21 #215E48 #29215E #5E2138

square

#565E21 #215E48 #29215E #5E2138

split-complementary

#565E21 #21385E #48215E

monochromatic

#151708 #2D3111 #565E21 #7F8B31 #A9B941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#565E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#565E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565E21

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565E21	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65591A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.084 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b5f',
    500: '#565e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565e21;
$custom-light: #878b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46125,
    "c": 0.08435,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565E21

secondary

#524992

accent

#50D862

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0B0C05

muted

#7C7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #565E21

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

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