#5B4912#5B4912

#5B4912 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.075 H 90.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4912
RGB	rgb(91, 73, 18)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 1.24, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 33.89, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.075 90)
XYZ	xyz(6.8065, 7.0333, 1.5712)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4912 #12245B

analogous

#5B2512 #5B4912 #495B12

triadic

#5B4912 #125B49 #49125B

tetradic

#5B4912 #125B25 #12245B #5B1249

square

#5B4912 #125B25 #12245B #5B1249

split-complementary

#5B4912 #12495B #25125B

monochromatic

#1A1405 #282008 #5B4912 #8E721C #C19B26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#5B4912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B4912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4912

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4912	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)

#524809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 73, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.075 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b54',
    500: '#5b4912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4912;
$custom-light: #8c7b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41327,
    "c": 0.07464,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.07033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4912

secondary

#354D93

accent

#68EA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4912

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

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