#5B5211#5B5211

#5B5211 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.082 H 101.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5211
RGB	rgb(91, 82, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, -4.28, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 37.11, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.0158 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.082 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4332, 8.2995, 1.7406)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5211 #111A5B

analogous

#5B2D11 #5B5211 #3F5B11

triadic

#5B5211 #115B52 #52115B

tetradic

#5B5211 #115B2D #111A5B #5B113F

square

#5B5211 #115B2D #111A5B #5B113F

split-complementary

#5B5211 #113F5B #2D115B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #272407 #5B5211 #8F801B #C2AF24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5B5211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B5211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5211

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5211	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)

#5B4F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 82, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.082 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8255',
    500: '#5b5211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5211;
$custom-light: #8c8255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43475,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5211

secondary

#344094

accent

#52EB3C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5211

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

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