#5B561E#5B561E

#5B561E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.076 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B561E
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, -5.86, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 32.88, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% -0.0187 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.076 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8768, 8.9737, 2.5452)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B561E #1E235B

analogous

#5B371E #5B561E #415B1E

triadic

#5B561E #1E5B56 #561E5B

tetradic

#5B561E #1E5B37 #1E235B #5B1E41

square

#5B561E #1E5B37 #1E235B #5B1E41

split-complementary

#5B561E #1E415B #371E5B

monochromatic

#171608 #2D2B0F #5B561E #89812D #B7AD3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5B561E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5B561E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B561E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B561E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B561E	1.00	7.51	2.79	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b561e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.076 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b855d',
    500: '#5b561e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b561e;
$custom-light: #8b855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b561e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44569,
    "c": 0.07613,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B561E

secondary

#454B90

accent

#59DA4E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B561E

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

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