#59501B#59501B

#59501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.073 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59501B
RGB	rgb(89, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.7%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, -3.48, 31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 31.76, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0122 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.073 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1866, 7.9406, 2.1908)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59501B #1B2459

analogous

#59311B #59501B #43591B

triadic

#59501B #1B5950 #501B59

tetradic

#59501B #1B5931 #1B2459 #591B43

square

#59501B #1B5931 #1B2459 #591B43

split-complementary

#59501B #1B4359 #311B59

monochromatic

#171507 #2A260D #59501B #887A29 #B7A437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#59501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#59501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59501B

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59501B	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#604A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.073 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a805a',
    500: '#59501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59501b;
$custom-light: #8a805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42864,
    "c": 0.0727,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59501B

secondary

#414C8F

accent

#60DD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #59501B

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

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