#5B5212#5B5212

#5B5212 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5212
RGB	rgb(91, 82, 18)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -4.23, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 36.71, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.0155 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(7.4412, 8.3027, 1.7828)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5212 #121B5B

analogous

#5B2E12 #5B5212 #405B12

triadic

#5B5212 #125B52 #52125B

tetradic

#5B5212 #125B2E #121B5B #5B1240

square

#5B5212 #125B2E #121B5B #5B1240

split-complementary

#5B5212 #12405B #2E125B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #282408 #5B5212 #8E801C #C1AE26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#5B5212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B5212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5212

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5212	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B4F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 82, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8255',
    500: '#5b5212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5212;
$custom-light: #8c8255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43482,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.08302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5212

secondary

#354193

accent

#53EA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5212

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

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