#5B4F12#5B4F12

#5B4F12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.079 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4F12
RGB	rgb(91, 79, 18)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, -2.43, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 35.68, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% -0.0104 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.079 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2199, 7.8602, 1.7090)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4F12 #121E5B

analogous

#5B2B12 #5B4F12 #435B12

triadic

#5B4F12 #125B4F #4F125B

tetradic

#5B4F12 #125B2B #121E5B #5B1243

square

#5B4F12 #125B2B #121E5B #5B1243

split-complementary

#5B4F12 #12435B #2B125B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #282308 #5B4F12 #8E7B1C #C1A826

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5B4F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5B4F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4F12

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4F12	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 79, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.079 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8055',
    500: '#5b4f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4f12;
$custom-light: #8c8055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42756,
    "c": 0.07901,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4F12

secondary

#354593

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4F12

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

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