#5B4E18#5B4E18

#5B4E18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.074 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E18
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 73.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.43, -1.48, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.43, 32.69, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% -0.007 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.074 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2040, 7.7392, 1.9783)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E18 #18255B

analogous

#5B2C18 #5B4E18 #475B18

triadic

#5B4E18 #185B4E #4E185B

tetradic

#5B4E18 #185B2C #18255B #5B1847

square

#5B4E18 #185B2C #18255B #5B1847

split-complementary

#5B4E18 #18475B #2C185B

monochromatic

#181506 #2B240B #5B4E18 #8B7825 #BCA132

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5B4E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E18

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E18	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)

#574C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.074 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f58',
    500: '#5b4e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e18;
$custom-light: #8c7f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42568,
    "c": 0.07368,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E18

secondary

#3D4E92

accent

#64E146

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E18

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

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