#5B5115#5B5115

#5B5115 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.079 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5115
RGB	rgb(91, 81, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, -3.47, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 35.10, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% -0.013 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.079 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3925, 8.1635, 1.8956)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5115 #151F5B

analogous

#5B2E15 #5B5115 #425B15

triadic

#5B5115 #155B51 #51155B

tetradic

#5B5115 #155B2E #151F5B #5B1542

square

#5B5115 #155B2E #151F5B #5B1542

split-complementary

#5B5115 #15425B #2E155B

monochromatic

#191606 #29250A #5B5115 #8D7D20 #BEAA2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5B5115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5B5115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5115

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5115	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 81, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.079 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8157',
    500: '#5b5115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5115;
$custom-light: #8c8157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43263,
    "c": 0.07863,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5115

secondary

#394692

accent

#5AE642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5115

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

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