#5B5612#5B5612

#5B5612 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	#5B5612
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 18)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, -6.60, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 38.20, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% -0.0222 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.086 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7517, 8.9237, 1.8863)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5612 #12175B

analogous

#5B3212 #5B5612 #3C5B12

triadic

#5B5612 #125B56 #56125B

tetradic

#5B5612 #125B32 #12175B #5B123C

square

#5B5612 #125B32 #12175B #5B123C

split-complementary

#5B5612 #123C5B #32125B

monochromatic

#1A1805 #282608 #5B5612 #8E861C #C1B726

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5B5612 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5B5612 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5612

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5612	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5612	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)

#5E5305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5612;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.086 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8556',
    500: '#5b5612',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5612;
$custom-light: #8c8556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5612",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44461,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5612

secondary

#353C93

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5612

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

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