#5B4E14#5B4E14

#5B4E14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.077 H 96.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E14
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 20)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 78%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, -1.71, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 34.50, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% -0.0082 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.077 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1654, 7.7238, 1.7751)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E14 #14215B

analogous

#5B2B14 #5B4E14 #455B14

triadic

#5B4E14 #145B4E #4E145B

tetradic

#5B4E14 #145B2B #14215B #5B1445

square

#5B4E14 #145B2B #14215B #5B1445

split-complementary

#5B4E14 #14455B #2B145B

monochromatic

#191606 #292309 #5B4E14 #8D791F #BFA42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#5B4E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B4E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E14

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E14	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.077 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f56',
    500: '#5b4e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e14;
$custom-light: #8c7f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42531,
    "c": 0.07679,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E14

secondary

#384993

accent

#5FE741

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E14

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

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