#5B561D#5B561D

#5B561D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.077 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B561D
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, -5.93, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 33.37, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% -0.019 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.077 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8642, 8.9687, 2.4790)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B561D #1D225B

analogous

#5B371D #5B561D #415B1D

triadic

#5B561D #1D5B56 #561D5B

tetradic

#5B561D #1D5B37 #1D225B #5B1D41

square

#5B561D #1D5B37 #1D225B #5B1D41

split-complementary

#5B561D #1D415B #371D5B

monochromatic

#171607 #2D2A0E #5B561D #89822C #B8AE3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5B561D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B561D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B561D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B561D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B561D	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)

#5E5316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b561d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.077 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c855c',
    500: '#5b561d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b561d;
$custom-light: #8c855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b561d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44558,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B561D

secondary

#444A90

accent

#58DB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B561D

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

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