#5B5010#5B5010

#5B5010 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.081 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5010
RGB	rgb(91, 80, 16)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, -3.13, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 36.81, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% -0.0126 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.081 99)
XYZ	xyz(7.2769, 7.9992, 1.6508)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5010 #101B5B

analogous

#5B2A10 #5B5010 #405B10

triadic

#5B5010 #105B50 #50105B

tetradic

#5B5010 #105B2A #101B5B #5B1040

square

#5B5010 #105B2A #101B5B #5B1040

split-complementary

#5B5010 #10405B #2A105B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #272207 #5B5010 #8F7E19 #C3AC22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#5B5010 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5B5010 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5010

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5010	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5010	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)

#594E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5010;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 80, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.081 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8054',
    500: '#5b5010',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5010;
$custom-light: #8c8054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5010",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42982,
    "c": 0.08116,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.07999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5010

secondary

#334194

accent

#55ED3B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5010

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

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