#5B551D#5B551D

#5B551D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.076 H 103.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B551D
RGB	rgb(91, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 68.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, -5.34, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 32.95, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% -0.0173 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.076 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7850, 8.8102, 2.4526)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B551D #1D235B

analogous

#5B361D #5B551D #425B1D

triadic

#5B551D #1D5B55 #551D5B

tetradic

#5B551D #1D5B36 #1D235B #5B1D42

square

#5B551D #1D5B36 #1D235B #5B1D42

split-complementary

#5B551D #1D425B #361D5B

monochromatic

#171607 #2D2A0E #5B551D #89802C #B8AC3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5B551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B551D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B551D	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.076 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c845c',
    500: '#5b551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b551d;
$custom-light: #8c845c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44313,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B551D

secondary

#444B90

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B551D

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

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