#5B4E17#5B4E17

#5B4E17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.074 H 95.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E17
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.43, -1.54, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.43, 33.15, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% -0.0073 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.074 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1938, 7.7352, 1.9246)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E17 #17245B

analogous

#5B2C17 #5B4E17 #465B17

triadic

#5B4E17 #175B4E #4E175B

tetradic

#5B4E17 #175B2C #17245B #5B1746

square

#5B4E17 #175B2C #17245B #5B1746

split-complementary

#5B4E17 #17465B #2C175B

monochromatic

#181506 #2A240B #5B4E17 #8C7823 #BDA230

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5B4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E17

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E17	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.074 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f58',
    500: '#5b4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e17;
$custom-light: #8c7f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42558,
    "c": 0.07449,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E17

secondary

#3C4C92

accent

#63E345

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E17

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

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