#5B561B#5B561B

#5B561B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.079 H 104.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B561B
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, -6.08, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 34.33, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0197 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.079 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8403, 8.9591, 2.3530)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B561B #1B205B

analogous

#5B361B #5B561B #405B1B

triadic

#5B561B #1B5B56 #561B5B

tetradic

#5B561B #1B5B36 #1B205B #5B1B40

square

#5B561B #1B5B36 #1B205B #5B1B40

split-complementary

#5B561B #1B405B #361B5B

monochromatic

#181607 #2C290D #5B561B #8A8329 #B9AF37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5B561B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B561B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B561B

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B561B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B561B	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)

#5E5313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b561b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.079 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c855b',
    500: '#5b561b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b561b;
$custom-light: #8c855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b561b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44537,
    "c": 0.0788,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B561B

secondary

#414791

accent

#56DE4A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B561B

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

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