#5B5619#5B5619

#5B5619 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.080 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5619
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 25)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, -6.21, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 35.25, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% -0.0203 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.08 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8179, 8.9502, 2.2353)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5619 #191E5B

analogous

#5B3519 #5B5619 #3F5B19

triadic

#5B5619 #195B56 #56195B

tetradic

#5B5619 #195B35 #191E5B #5B193F

square

#5B5619 #195B35 #191E5B #5B193F

split-complementary

#5B5619 #193F5B #35195B

monochromatic

#181707 #2B290C #5B5619 #8B8326 #BBB133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5B5619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B5619 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5619

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5619	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)

#5E5310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.080 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c855a',
    500: '#5b5619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5619;
$custom-light: #8c855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44518,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5619

secondary

#3F4591

accent

#53E048

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5619

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

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