#5B561F#5B561F

#5B561F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.075 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B561F
RGB	rgb(91, 86, 31)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.94, -5.78, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.94, 32.39, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% -0.0184 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.075 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8898, 8.9789, 2.6136)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B561F #1F245B

analogous

#5B381F #5B561F #425B1F

triadic

#5B561F #1F5B56 #561F5B

tetradic

#5B561F #1F5B38 #1F245B #5B1F42

square

#5B561F #1F5B38 #1F245B #5B1F42

split-complementary

#5B561F #1F425B #381F5B

monochromatic

#171608 #2D2B0F #5B561F #89812F #B6AC3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5B561F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5B561F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B561F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B561F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B561F	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b561f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 86, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.075 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b855d',
    500: '#5b561f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b561f;
$custom-light: #8b855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b561f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4458,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B561F

secondary

#464C90

accent

#5BD94F

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B561F

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

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