#5B4E15#5B4E15

#5B4E15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.076 H 96.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E15
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, -1.66, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 34.06, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% -0.0079 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.076 96)
XYZ	xyz(7.1745, 7.7274, 1.8230)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E15 #15225B

analogous

#5B2B15 #5B4E15 #455B15

triadic

#5B4E15 #155B4E #4E155B

tetradic

#5B4E15 #155B2B #15225B #5B1545

square

#5B4E15 #155B2B #15225B #5B1545

split-complementary

#5B4E15 #15455B #2B155B

monochromatic

#191506 #29230A #5B4E15 #8D7920 #BEA32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#5B4E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E15

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E15	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.076 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f56',
    500: '#5b4e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e15;
$custom-light: #8c7f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4254,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.07727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E15

secondary

#394A92

accent

#61E642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E15

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

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