#5B561A#5B561A

#5B561A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.080 H 104.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B561A
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 26)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, -6.14, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 34.79, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% -0.02 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.08 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8289, 8.9546, 2.2931)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B561A #1A1F5B

analogous

#5B351A #5B561A #3F5B1A

triadic

#5B561A #1A5B56 #561A5B

tetradic

#5B561A #1A5B35 #1A1F5B #5B1A3F

square

#5B561A #1A5B35 #1A1F5B #5B1A3F

split-complementary

#5B561A #1A3F5B #351A5B

monochromatic

#181607 #2B290C #5B561A #8B8328 #BAB035

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5B561A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B561A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B561A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B561A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B561A	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b561a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.080 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c855a',
    500: '#5b561a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b561a;
$custom-light: #8c855a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b561a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44528,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B561A

secondary

#404691

accent

#54DF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B561A

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

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