#5B4E10#5B4E10

#5B4E10 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.080 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E10
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 16)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, -1.92, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 36.16, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% -0.0092 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.08 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1327, 7.7107, 1.6027)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E10 #101D5B

analogous

#5B2810 #5B4E10 #425B10

triadic

#5B4E10 #105B4E #4E105B

tetradic

#5B4E10 #105B28 #101D5B #5B1042

square

#5B4E10 #105B28 #101D5B #5B1042

split-complementary

#5B4E10 #10425B #28105B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #272107 #5B4E10 #8F7B19 #C3A722

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5B4E10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B4E10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E10

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E10	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)

#574C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.080 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f54',
    500: '#5b4e10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e10;
$custom-light: #8c7f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.425,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E10

secondary

#334494

accent

#5AED3B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E10

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

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