#5B4E12#5B4E12

#5B4E12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.078 H 96.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E12
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, -1.82, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 35.35, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% -0.0087 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.078 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1483, 7.7170, 1.6852)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E12 #121F5B

analogous

#5B2A12 #5B4E12 #445B12

triadic

#5B4E12 #125B4E #4E125B

tetradic

#5B4E12 #125B2A #121F5B #5B1244

square

#5B4E12 #125B2A #121F5B #5B1244

split-complementary

#5B4E12 #12445B #2A125B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #282208 #5B4E12 #8E7A1C #C1A626

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5B4E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B4E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E12

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E12	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)

#574C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.078 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f55',
    500: '#5b4e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e12;
$custom-light: #8c7f55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42515,
    "c": 0.0782,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E12

secondary

#354693

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E12

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

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