#5B5216#5B5216

#5B5216 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.079 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5216
RGB	rgb(91, 82, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, -4.01, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 35.02, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0145 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.079 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4768, 8.3170, 1.9704)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5216 #161F5B

analogous

#5B3016 #5B5216 #425B16

triadic

#5B5216 #165B52 #52165B

tetradic

#5B5216 #165B30 #161F5B #5B1642

square

#5B5216 #165B30 #161F5B #5B1642

split-complementary

#5B5216 #16425B #30165B

monochromatic

#191606 #2A260A #5B5216 #8C7E22 #BEAB2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#5B5216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B5216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5216

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5216	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 82, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.079 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8258',
    500: '#5b5216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5216;
$custom-light: #8c8258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43514,
    "c": 0.07881,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5216

secondary

#3B4692

accent

#59E444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5216

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

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