#5B4E27#5B4E27

#5B4E27 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.059 H 91.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E27
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, -0.26, 24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 24.86, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% -0.0014 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.059 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4053, 7.8198, 3.0384)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E27 #27345B

analogous

#5B3427 #5B4E27 #4E5B27

triadic

#5B4E27 #275B4E #4E275B

tetradic

#5B4E27 #275B34 #27345B #5B274E

square

#5B4E27 #275B34 #27345B #5B274E

split-complementary

#5B4E27 #274E5B #34275B

monochromatic

#151209 #302915 #5B4E27 #867339 #B1974C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5B4E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B4E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E27

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E27	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)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.059 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f62',
    500: '#5b4e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e27;
$custom-light: #8b7f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42758,
    "c": 0.05891,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E27

secondary

#505F8E

accent

#76D058

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEEA

border

#CBC9C6

text

#0C0A05

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E27

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

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