#5B5616#5B5616

#5B5616 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.083 H 104.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5616
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -6.39, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 36.57, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% -0.0212 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.083 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7873, 8.9379, 2.0739)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5616 #161B5B

analogous

#5B3416 #5B5616 #3E5B16

triadic

#5B5616 #165B56 #56165B

tetradic

#5B5616 #165B34 #161B5B #5B163E

square

#5B5616 #165B34 #161B5B #5B163E

split-complementary

#5B5616 #163E5B #34165B

monochromatic

#191706 #2A270A #5B5616 #8C8522 #BEB32E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5B5616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B5616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5616

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5616	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E530C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.083 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8558',
    500: '#5b5616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5616;
$custom-light: #8c8558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44492,
    "c": 0.0828,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5616

secondary

#3B4192

accent

#4FE444

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5616

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

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