#5B5610#5B5610

#5B5610 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.087 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5610
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 16)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.82, -6.70, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.82, 38.95, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% -0.0227 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.087 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7360, 8.9174, 1.8039)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5610 #10155B

analogous

#5B3010 #5B5610 #3A5B10

triadic

#5B5610 #105B56 #56105B

tetradic

#5B5610 #105B30 #10155B #5B103A

square

#5B5610 #105B30 #10155B #5B103A

split-complementary

#5B5610 #103A5B #30105B

monochromatic

#1A1905 #272507 #5B5610 #8F8719 #C3B822

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5B5610 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5B5610 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5610

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5610	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5610	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5610;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.087 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8555',
    500: '#5b5610',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5610;
$custom-light: #8c8555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5610",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44447,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5610

secondary

#333994

accent

#47ED3B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5610

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

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