Palettes / Colors / #565643

#565643 — Dusty Yellow

#565643 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkOliveGreen (#556B2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkolivegreen (#556B2F) — not an exact match. CSS darkolivegreen gives you #556B2F, a different color; use #565643 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#565643 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #434356; it also sits naturally between #564D43 and #4D5643. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 34% · Green 34% · Blue 26%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 66%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #565643

.text { color: #565643; }
.background { background-color: #565643; }
.border { border: 3px solid #565643; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(86, 86, 67); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 12%, 30%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #565643; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(86, 86, 67, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #565643; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(86, 86, 67, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#565643">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#565643">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #434356:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #565643: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #565643

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #565643 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #565643 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #565643?

#565643 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 86, 86, 67). Its closest standard named color is DarkOliveGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #565643?

#565643 is RGB 86, 86, 67 — HSL 60°, 12%, 30% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 22%, 66%.

What colors go with #565643?

Its complement is #434356; analogous partners are #564D43 and #4D5643. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #565643 for text?

White text on #565643 has a contrast ratio of 7.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.81:1.