#5B5317#5B5317

#5B5317 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.079 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5317
RGB	rgb(91, 83, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 74.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, -4.55, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 34.96, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0159 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.079 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5626, 8.4728, 2.0475)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5317 #171F5B

analogous

#5B3117 #5B5317 #415B17

triadic

#5B5317 #175B53 #53175B

tetradic

#5B5317 #175B31 #171F5B #5B1741

square

#5B5317 #175B31 #171F5B #5B1741

split-complementary

#5B5317 #17415B #31175B

monochromatic

#181606 #2A260B #5B5317 #8C8023 #BDAC30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#5B5317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5B5317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5317

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5317	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B500E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 83, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.079 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8358',
    500: '#5b5317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5317;
$custom-light: #8c8358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43766,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5317

secondary

#3C4692

accent

#58E345

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5317

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

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