#5B5311#5B5311

#5B5311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.083 H 102.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5311
RGB	rgb(91, 83, 17)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, -4.88, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 37.46, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0175 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.083 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5092, 8.4515, 1.7660)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5311 #11195B

analogous

#5B2E11 #5B5311 #3E5B11

triadic

#5B5311 #115B53 #53115B

tetradic

#5B5311 #115B2E #11195B #5B113E

square

#5B5311 #115B2E #11195B #5B113E

split-complementary

#5B5311 #113E5B #2E115B

monochromatic

#1A1805 #272407 #5B5311 #8F821B #C2B124

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#5B5311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5B5311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5311

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5311	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 83, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.083 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8355',
    500: '#5b5311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5311;
$custom-light: #8c8355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43718,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5311

secondary

#343E94

accent

#4FEB3C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5311

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

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