#5B4E11#5B4E11

#5B4E11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.079 H 96.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E11
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 17)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, -1.87, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 35.76, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% -0.009 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.079 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1403, 7.7138, 1.6430)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E11 #111E5B

analogous

#5B2911 #5B4E11 #435B11

triadic

#5B4E11 #115B4E #4E115B

tetradic

#5B4E11 #115B29 #111E5B #5B1143

square

#5B4E11 #115B29 #111E5B #5B1143

split-complementary

#5B4E11 #11435B #29115B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #272207 #5B4E11 #8F7A1B #C2A624

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5B4E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B4E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E11

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E11	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)

#574C06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.079 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f54',
    500: '#5b4e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e11;
$custom-light: #8c7f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42508,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E11

secondary

#344594

accent

#5BEB3C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E11

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

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