#5B480F#5B480F

#5B480F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.076 H 89.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B480F
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 15)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 83.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 1.72, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 34.88, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.001 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.076 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7184, 6.8938, 1.4286)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B480F #0F225B

analogous

#5B220F #5B480F #485B0F

triadic

#5B480F #0F5B48 #480F5B

tetradic

#5B480F #0F5B22 #0F225B #5B0F48

square

#5B480F #0F5B22 #0F225B #5B0F48

split-complementary

#5B480F #0F485B #220F5B

monochromatic

#1A1504 #261E06 #5B480F #907218 #C49B20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B480F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B480F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B480F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B480F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B480F	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)

#514705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63413D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b480f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.076 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7a52',
    500: '#5b480f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b480f;
$custom-light: #8d7a52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b480f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4107,
    "c": 0.07601,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B480F

secondary

#314A95

accent

#67EE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0902

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B480F

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

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