#535B17#535B17

#535B17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.090 H 115.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#535B17
RGB	rgb(83, 91, 23)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 74.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, -13.10, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 38.47, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% -0.0393 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.09 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4632, 9.3831, 2.2284)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#535B17 #1F175B

analogous

#5B4117 #535B17 #315B17

triadic

#535B17 #17535B #5B1753

tetradic

#535B17 #175B41 #1F175B #5B1731

square

#535B17 #175B41 #1F175B #5B1731

split-complementary

#535B17 #17315B #41175B

monochromatic

#161806 #262A0B #535B17 #808C23 #ACBD30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#535B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#535B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #535B17

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##535B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##535B17	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62560C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59554E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #535b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 91, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.090 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868959',
    500: '#535b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #535b17;
$custom-light: #868959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#535b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44992,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#535B17

secondary

#463C92

accent

#45E358

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #535B17

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

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