#5B5215#5B5215

#5B5215 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.080 H 100.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5215
RGB	rgb(91, 82, 21)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, -4.07, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 35.46, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0147 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.08 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4674, 8.3132, 1.9206)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5215 #151E5B

analogous

#5B2F15 #5B5215 #415B15

triadic

#5B5215 #155B52 #52155B

tetradic

#5B5215 #155B2F #151E5B #5B1541

square

#5B5215 #155B2F #151E5B #5B1541

split-complementary

#5B5215 #15415B #2F155B

monochromatic

#191606 #29250A #5B5215 #8D7F20 #BEAC2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#5B5215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B5215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5215

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5215	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)

#5A4F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 82, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.080 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8257',
    500: '#5b5215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5215;
$custom-light: #8c8257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43505,
    "c": 0.07956,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5215

secondary

#394592

accent

#57E642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5215

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

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