#5B5312#5B5312

#5B5312 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.083 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5312
RGB	rgb(91, 83, 18)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, -4.83, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 37.07, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% -0.0172 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.083 102)
XYZ	xyz(7.5172, 8.4547, 1.8081)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5312 #121A5B

analogous

#5B2F12 #5B5312 #3F5B12

triadic

#5B5312 #125B53 #53125B

tetradic

#5B5312 #125B2F #121A5B #5B123F

square

#5B5312 #125B2F #121A5B #5B123F

split-complementary

#5B5312 #123F5B #2F125B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #282408 #5B5312 #8E821C #C1B026

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5B5312 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5B5312 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5312

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5312	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5312	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5312;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 83, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.083 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8356',
    500: '#5b5312',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5312;
$custom-light: #8c8356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5312",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43725,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.08454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5312

secondary

#354093

accent

#51EA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5312

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

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