#5B4E22#5B4E22

#5B4E22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.064 H 93.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E22
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, -0.73, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 27.60, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.0034 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.064 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3278, 7.7888, 2.6305)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E22 #222F5B

analogous

#5B3222 #5B4E22 #4C5B22

triadic

#5B4E22 #225B4E #4E225B

tetradic

#5B4E22 #225B32 #222F5B #5B224C

square

#5B4E22 #225B32 #222F5B #5B224C

split-complementary

#5B4E22 #224C5B #32225B

monochromatic

#161308 #2E2811 #5B4E22 #887433 #B49A43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#5B4E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B4E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E22

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E22	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)

#564D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.064 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f5f',
    500: '#5b4e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e22;
$custom-light: #8b7f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42685,
    "c": 0.06432,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E22

secondary

#4A5A8F

accent

#70D553

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E22

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

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