#5B5210#5B5210

#5B5210 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.083 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5210
RGB	rgb(91, 82, 16)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, -4.33, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 37.49, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.016 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.083 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4256, 8.2965, 1.7004)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5210 #10195B

analogous

#5B2C10 #5B5210 #3E5B10

triadic

#5B5210 #105B52 #52105B

tetradic

#5B5210 #105B2C #10195B #5B103E

square

#5B5210 #105B2C #10195B #5B103E

split-complementary

#5B5210 #103E5B #2C105B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #272307 #5B5210 #8F8119 #C3B022

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5B5210 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B5210 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5210

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5210	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5210	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B4F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5210;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 82, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.083 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8254',
    500: '#5b5210',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5210;
$custom-light: #8c8254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5210",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43468,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5210

secondary

#333E94

accent

#50ED3B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5210

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

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