Peat Color
Peat is a yellow color with hex code #716B56. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with peat, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Peat Color Values
What Does Peat Mean?
Peat belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Peat sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Peat is classified as a brown (nearest centroid: grayish yellowish brown, #7E6D5A).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Peat
Peat and #565C71 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #715D56 and #697156, which sit beside peat on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair peat with triadic partners #56716B and #6B5671. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
CSS Examples
.text { color: #716B56; }
.background { background-color: #716B56; }
.border { border: 2px solid #716B56; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #716B5640; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for peat?
Peat has the hex code #716B56. In RGB notation it is rgb(113, 107, 86), in HSL it is hsl(47, 14%, 39%), and its OKLCH value is 0.527, 0.032, 94.
What does the color peat mean?
Yellow-family colors like peat carry distinct psychological associations. Peat belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Peat sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with peat?
Peat has three easy routes: its complement #565C71 for punch, its neighbors #715D56 and #697156 for something calmer, or triadic partners #56716B and #6B5671 when you want energy.
Is peat a standard web color?
No — Peat is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #716B56 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make peat lighter or darker?
To lighten peat, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E9E8E2 (lightest tint) to #14130F (darkest shade).
About Peat
Peat is classified as a Brown in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #716B56 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.