#5B4D11#5B4D11

#5B4D11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.078 H 95.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4D11
RGB	rgb(91, 77, 17)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, -1.26, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 35.45, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% -0.0072 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.078 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0698, 7.5728, 1.6195)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4D11 #111F5B

analogous

#5B2811 #5B4D11 #445B11

triadic

#5B4D11 #115B4D #4D115B

tetradic

#5B4D11 #115B28 #111F5B #5B1144

square

#5B4D11 #115B28 #111F5B #5B1144

split-complementary

#5B4D11 #11445B #28115B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #272107 #5B4D11 #8F791B #C2A424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#5B4D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5B4D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4D11

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4D11	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 77, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.078 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7e54',
    500: '#5b4d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4d11;
$custom-light: #8c7e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42268,
    "c": 0.07808,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4D11

secondary

#344694

accent

#5EEB3C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4D11

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

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