#5B551E#5B551E

#5B551E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.075 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B551E
RGB	rgb(91, 85, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 67%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, -5.27, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 32.45, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% -0.017 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.075 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7975, 8.8152, 2.5188)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B551E #1E245B

analogous

#5B361E #5B551E #425B1E

triadic

#5B551E #1E5B55 #551E5B

tetradic

#5B551E #1E5B36 #1E245B #5B1E42

square

#5B551E #1E5B36 #1E245B #5B1E42

split-complementary

#5B551E #1E425B #361E5B

monochromatic

#171508 #2D2A0F #5B551E #89802D #B7AB3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5B551E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B551E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B551E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B551E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B551E	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)

#5D5218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b551e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 85, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.075 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b845d',
    500: '#5b551e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b551e;
$custom-light: #8b845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b551e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44324,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B551E

secondary

#454C90

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B551E

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

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