#5B552D#5B552D

#5B552D is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.059 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B552D
RGB	rgb(91, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 50.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.81, -3.87, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.81, 24.40, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% -0.0111 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.059 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0367, 8.9109, 3.7787)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B552D #2D335B

analogous

#5B3E2D #5B552D #4A5B2D

triadic

#5B552D #2D5B55 #552D5B

tetradic

#5B552D #2D5B3E #2D335B #5B2D4A

square

#5B552D #2D5B3E #2D335B #5B2D4A

split-complementary

#5B552D #2D4A5B #3E2D5B

monochromatic

#14130A #322F19 #5B552D #847B41 #ACA157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#5B552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5B552D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B552D

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B552D	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C532A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.059 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8467',
    500: '#5b552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b552d;
$custom-light: #8a8467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 33.824,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44532,
    "c": 0.05882,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B552D

secondary

#575E8D

accent

#6CCA5E

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#F0EFEB

border

#CBCAC6

text

#0C0B06

muted

#7D7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B552D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →