#5B4E1A#5B4E1A

#5B4E1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.072 H 95.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E1A
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, -1.35, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 31.72, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.0063 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.072 95)
XYZ	xyz(7.2256, 7.7479, 2.0920)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E1A #1A275B

analogous

#5B2D1A #5B4E1A #475B1A

triadic

#5B4E1A #1A5B4E #4E1A5B

tetradic

#5B4E1A #1A5B2D #1A275B #5B1A47

square

#5B4E1A #1A5B2D #1A275B #5B1A47

split-complementary

#5B4E1A #1A475B #2D1A5B

monochromatic

#181407 #2B250C #5B4E1A #8B7728 #BAA035

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5B4E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E1A

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E1A	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)

#564C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.072 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f59',
    500: '#5b4e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e1a;
$custom-light: #8c7f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42588,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.07748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E1A

secondary

#405091

accent

#67DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E1A

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

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