#5B551A#5B551A

#5B551A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.079 H 103.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B551A
RGB	rgb(91, 85, 26)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, -5.55, 33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 34.38, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% -0.0183 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.079 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7496, 8.7960, 2.2667)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B551A #1A205B

analogous

#5B351A #5B551A #405B1A

triadic

#5B551A #1A5B55 #551A5B

tetradic

#5B551A #1A5B35 #1A205B #5B1A40

square

#5B551A #1A5B35 #1A205B #5B1A40

split-complementary

#5B551A #1A405B #351A5B

monochromatic

#181607 #2B290C #5B551A #8B8128 #BAAE35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#5B551A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B551A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B551A

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B551A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B551A	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b551a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 85, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.079 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c845a',
    500: '#5b551a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b551a;
$custom-light: #8c845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b551a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44282,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B551A

secondary

#404791

accent

#57DF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B551A

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

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