#5B4E26#5B4E26

#5B4E26 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.060 H 91.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E26
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, -0.36, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 25.42, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% -0.0018 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.06 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3889, 7.8132, 2.9522)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E26 #26335B

analogous

#5B3326 #5B4E26 #4D5B26

triadic

#5B4E26 #265B4E #4E265B

tetradic

#5B4E26 #265B33 #26335B #5B264D

square

#5B4E26 #265B33 #26335B #5B264D

split-complementary

#5B4E26 #264D5B #33265B

monochromatic

#161309 #302914 #5B4E26 #867338 #B1984A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5B4E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B4E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E26

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E26	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.060 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f61',
    500: '#5b4e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e26;
$custom-light: #8b7f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 41.085,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42743,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E26

secondary

#4F5E8E

accent

#75D157

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEEA

border

#CBC9C6

text

#0C0A05

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E26

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

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