#5B4E1B#5B4E1B

#5B4E1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.071 H 94.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E1B
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, -1.28, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 31.23, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.006 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.071 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2369, 7.7524, 2.1519)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E1B #1B285B

analogous

#5B2E1B #5B4E1B #485B1B

triadic

#5B4E1B #1B5B4E #4E1B5B

tetradic

#5B4E1B #1B5B2E #1B285B #5B1B48

square

#5B4E1B #1B5B2E #1B285B #5B1B48

split-complementary

#5B4E1B #1B485B #2E1B5B

monochromatic

#181407 #2C260D #5B4E1B #8A7629 #B99F37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#5B4E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E1B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E1B	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.071 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f5a',
    500: '#5b4e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e1b;
$custom-light: #8c7f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42599,
    "c": 0.0711,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E1B

secondary

#415191

accent

#68DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E1B

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

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