#5B5611#5B5611

#5B5611 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.086 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5611
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 17)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, -6.65, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 38.58, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% -0.0225 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.086 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7437, 8.9205, 1.8441)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5611 #11165B

analogous

#5B3111 #5B5611 #3B5B11

triadic

#5B5611 #115B56 #56115B

tetradic

#5B5611 #115B31 #11165B #5B113B

square

#5B5611 #115B31 #11165B #5B113B

split-complementary

#5B5611 #113B5B #31115B

monochromatic

#1A1805 #272507 #5B5611 #8F871B #C2B724

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5B5611 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5B5611 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5611

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5611	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5611	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)

#5E5303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5611;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.086 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8555',
    500: '#5b5611',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5611;
$custom-light: #8c8555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5611",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44454,
    "c": 0.0862,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5611

secondary

#343A94

accent

#48EB3C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5611

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

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