#5B5015#5B5015

#5B5015 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.078 H 98.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5015
RGB	rgb(91, 80, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, -2.87, 34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 34.74, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% -0.0113 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.078 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3188, 8.0160, 1.8711)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5015 #15205B

analogous

#5B2D15 #5B5015 #435B15

triadic

#5B5015 #155B50 #50155B

tetradic

#5B5015 #155B2D #15205B #5B1543

square

#5B5015 #155B2D #15205B #5B1543

split-complementary

#5B5015 #15435B #2D155B

monochromatic

#191606 #29240A #5B5015 #8D7C20 #BEA72C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#5B5015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5B5015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5015

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5015	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 80, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.078 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8057',
    500: '#5b5015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5015;
$custom-light: #8c8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43021,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5015

secondary

#394792

accent

#5CE642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5015

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

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