#5B4E16#5B4E16

#5B4E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.075 H 95.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E16
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, -1.60, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 33.61, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% -0.0076 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.075 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1839, 7.7312, 1.8728)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E16 #16235B

analogous

#5B2C16 #5B4E16 #465B16

triadic

#5B4E16 #165B4E #4E165B

tetradic

#5B4E16 #165B2C #16235B #5B1646

square

#5B4E16 #165B2C #16235B #5B1646

split-complementary

#5B4E16 #16465B #2C165B

monochromatic

#191506 #2A240A #5B4E16 #8C7822 #BEA22E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#5B4E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E16

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E16	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)

#574C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.075 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f57',
    500: '#5b4e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e16;
$custom-light: #8c7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42549,
    "c": 0.07528,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E16

secondary

#3B4B92

accent

#62E444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E16

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

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