#5B4E0F#5B4E0F

#5B4E0F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.080 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E0F
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 15)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 83.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, -1.96, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 36.55, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0095 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.08 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1254, 7.7078, 1.5643)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E0F #0F1C5B

analogous

#5B280F #5B4E0F #425B0F

triadic

#5B4E0F #0F5B4E #4E0F5B

tetradic

#5B4E0F #0F5B28 #0F1C5B #5B0F42

square

#5B4E0F #0F5B28 #0F1C5B #5B0F42

split-complementary

#5B4E0F #0F425B #280F5B

monochromatic

#1A1704 #262106 #5B4E0F #907B18 #C4A820

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5B4E0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B4E0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E0F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E0F	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.080 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7f53',
    500: '#5b4e0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e0f;
$custom-light: #8d7f53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42494,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E0F

secondary

#314295

accent

#58EE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E0F

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

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