#5B5614#5B5614

#5B5614 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.084 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5614
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 20)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 78%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, -6.50, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 37.41, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% -0.0217 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.084 105)
XYZ	xyz(7.7688, 8.9305, 1.9762)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5614 #14195B

analogous

#5B3314 #5B5614 #3D5B14

triadic

#5B5614 #145B56 #56145B

tetradic

#5B5614 #145B33 #14195B #5B143D

square

#5B5614 #145B33 #14195B #5B143D

split-complementary

#5B5614 #143D5B #33145B

monochromatic

#191806 #292709 #5B5614 #8D851F #BFB52A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5B5614 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B5614 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5614

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5614	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5614	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5614;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.084 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8557',
    500: '#5b5614',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5614;
$custom-light: #8c8557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5614",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44476,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.0893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5614

secondary

#383E93

accent

#4DE741

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5614

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

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