#5B5016#5B5016

#5B5016 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.077 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5016
RGB	rgb(91, 80, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, -2.81, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 34.30, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0111 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.077 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3282, 8.0198, 1.9209)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5016 #16215B

analogous

#5B2E16 #5B5016 #445B16

triadic

#5B5016 #165B50 #50165B

tetradic

#5B5016 #165B2E #16215B #5B1644

square

#5B5016 #165B2E #16215B #5B1644

split-complementary

#5B5016 #16445B #2E165B

monochromatic

#191606 #2A250A #5B5016 #8C7B22 #BEA72E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#5B5016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5B5016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5016

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5016	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)

#584E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 80, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.077 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8057',
    500: '#5b5016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5016;
$custom-light: #8c8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4303,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5016

secondary

#3B4992

accent

#5DE444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5016

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →