#5B4910#5B4910

#5B4910 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.076 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4910
RGB	rgb(91, 73, 16)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 1.15, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 34.73, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% -0.0005 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.076 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7909, 7.0271, 1.4888)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4910 #10225B

analogous

#5B2310 #5B4910 #475B10

triadic

#5B4910 #105B49 #49105B

tetradic

#5B4910 #105B23 #10225B #5B1047

square

#5B4910 #105B23 #10225B #5B1047

split-complementary

#5B4910 #10475B #23105B

monochromatic

#1A1505 #271F07 #5B4910 #8F7319 #C39D22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#5B4910 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B4910 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4910

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4910	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4910	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4910;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 73, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.076 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7b53',
    500: '#5b4910',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4910;
$custom-light: #8d7b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4910",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41312,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4910

secondary

#334A94

accent

#66ED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4910

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

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