#5B4E21#5B4E21

#5B4E21 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.065 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E21
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, -0.81, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 28.14, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% -0.0038 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.065 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3136, 7.7831, 2.5556)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E21 #212E5B

analogous

#5B3121 #5B4E21 #4B5B21

triadic

#5B4E21 #215B4E #4E215B

tetradic

#5B4E21 #215B31 #212E5B #5B214B

square

#5B4E21 #215B31 #212E5B #5B214B

split-complementary

#5B4E21 #214B5B #31215B

monochromatic

#161308 #2E2811 #5B4E21 #887431 #B59B42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#5B4E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B4E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E21

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E21	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.065 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f5e',
    500: '#5b4e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e21;
$custom-light: #8b7f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42672,
    "c": 0.06535,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E21

secondary

#49588F

accent

#6FD651

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E21

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

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