#5B4911#5B4911

#5B4911 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.075 H 90.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4911
RGB	rgb(91, 73, 17)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 1.19, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 34.31, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% -0.0002 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.075 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7985, 7.0301, 1.5291)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4911 #11235B

analogous

#5B2411 #5B4911 #485B11

triadic

#5B4911 #115B49 #49115B

tetradic

#5B4911 #115B24 #11235B #5B1148

square

#5B4911 #115B24 #11235B #5B1148

split-complementary

#5B4911 #11485B #24115B

monochromatic

#1A1505 #272007 #5B4911 #8F721B #C29C24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#5B4911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B4911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4911

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4911	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)

#524808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 73, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.075 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7b54',
    500: '#5b4911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4911;
$custom-light: #8d7b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41319,
    "c": 0.07532,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4911

secondary

#344B94

accent

#67EB3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0D0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4911

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

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