#5B4D12#5B4D12

#5B4D12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.077 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4D12
RGB	rgb(91, 77, 18)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, -1.21, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 35.04, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% -0.007 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.077 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0778, 7.5760, 1.6617)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4D12 #12205B

analogous

#5B2912 #5B4D12 #455B12

triadic

#5B4D12 #125B4D #4D125B

tetradic

#5B4D12 #125B29 #12205B #5B1245

square

#5B4D12 #125B29 #12205B #5B1245

split-complementary

#5B4D12 #12455B #29125B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #282208 #5B4D12 #8E781C #C1A326

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#5B4D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5B4D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4D12

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4D12	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 77, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.077 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7e55',
    500: '#5b4d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4d12;
$custom-light: #8c7e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42276,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4D12

secondary

#354793

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4D12

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

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