#5B500F#5B500F

#5B500F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.082 H 99.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B500F
RGB	rgb(91, 80, 15)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 83.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, -3.17, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 37.19, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% -0.0129 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.082 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2696, 7.9963, 1.6124)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B500F #0F1A5B

analogous

#5B2A0F #5B500F #405B0F

triadic

#5B500F #0F5B50 #500F5B

tetradic

#5B500F #0F5B2A #0F1A5B #5B0F40

square

#5B500F #0F5B2A #0F1A5B #5B0F40

split-complementary

#5B500F #0F405B #2A0F5B

monochromatic

#1A1704 #262206 #5B500F #907E18 #C4AC20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#5B500F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5B500F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B500F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B500F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B500F	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b500f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 80, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.082 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8054',
    500: '#5b500f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b500f;
$custom-light: #8c8054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b500f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42976,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B500F

secondary

#314095

accent

#54EE39

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B500F

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

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