#5B5116#5B5116

#5B5116 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.078 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5116
RGB	rgb(91, 81, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, -3.41, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 34.66, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0128 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.078 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4020, 8.1673, 1.9455)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5116 #16205B

analogous

#5B2E16 #5B5116 #435B16

triadic

#5B5116 #165B51 #51165B

tetradic

#5B5116 #165B2E #16205B #5B1643

square

#5B5116 #165B2E #16205B #5B1643

split-complementary

#5B5116 #16435B #2E165B

monochromatic

#191606 #2A250A #5B5116 #8C7D22 #BEA92E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5B5116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5B5116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5116

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5116	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 81, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.078 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8157',
    500: '#5b5116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5116;
$custom-light: #8c8157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43272,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5116

secondary

#3B4792

accent

#5BE444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5116

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

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