#5B480E#5B480E

#5B480E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.077 H 89.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B480E
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 14)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 84.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 1.67, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 35.27, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0008 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.077 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7114, 6.8910, 1.3920)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B480E #0E215B

analogous

#5B210E #5B480E #475B0E

triadic

#5B480E #0E5B48 #480E5B

tetradic

#5B480E #0E5B21 #0E215B #5B0E47

square

#5B480E #0E5B21 #0E215B #5B0E47

split-complementary

#5B480E #0E475B #210E5B

monochromatic

#1B1504 #261E06 #5B480E #907216 #C59C1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B480E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B480E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B480E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B480E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B480E	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63413D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b480e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.077 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7a52',
    500: '#5b480e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b480e;
$custom-light: #8d7a52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b480e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41063,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B480E

secondary

#304995

accent

#65F038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0902

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B480E

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

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