#5B4E1C#5B4E1C

#5B4E1C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.070 H 94.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E1C
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 69.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, -1.20, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 30.73, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% -0.0056 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.07 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2487, 7.7571, 2.2138)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E1C #1C295B

analogous

#5B2E1C #5B4E1C #485B1C

triadic

#5B4E1C #1C5B4E #4E1C5B

tetradic

#5B4E1C #1C5B2E #1C295B #5B1C48

square

#5B4E1C #1C5B2E #1C295B #5B1C48

split-complementary

#5B4E1C #1C485B #2E1C5B

monochromatic

#171407 #2C260E #5B4E1C #8A762A #B99E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#5B4E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B4E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E1C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E1C	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)

#564C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.070 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f5b',
    500: '#5b4e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e1c;
$custom-light: #8c7f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4261,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E1C

secondary

#425290

accent

#69DC4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E1C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →