#5B4D16#5B4D16

#5B4D16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.074 H 94.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4D16
RGB	rgb(91, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, -0.99, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 33.29, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% -0.0058 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.074 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1134, 7.5902, 1.8493)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4D16 #16245B

analogous

#5B2B16 #5B4D16 #475B16

triadic

#5B4D16 #165B4D #4D165B

tetradic

#5B4D16 #165B2B #16245B #5B1647

square

#5B4D16 #165B2B #16245B #5B1647

split-complementary

#5B4D16 #16475B #2B165B

monochromatic

#191506 #2A230A #5B4D16 #8C7722 #BEA02E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#5B4D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5B4D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4D16

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4D16	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.074 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7e57',
    500: '#5b4d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4d16;
$custom-light: #8c7e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4231,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4D16

secondary

#3B4C92

accent

#64E444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4D16

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

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