#5B5712#5B5712

#5B5712 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.087 H 106.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5712
RGB	rgb(91, 87, 18)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.15, -7.19, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.15, 38.59, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0239 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.087 106)
XYZ	xyz(7.8321, 9.0845, 1.9131)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5712 #12165B

analogous

#5B3312 #5B5712 #3B5B12

triadic

#5B5712 #125B57 #57125B

tetradic

#5B5712 #125B33 #12165B #5B123B

square

#5B5712 #125B33 #12165B #5B123B

split-complementary

#5B5712 #123B5B #33125B

monochromatic

#1A1805 #282608 #5B5712 #8E881C #C1B926

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5B5712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5B5712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5712

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5712	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62514A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 87, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.087 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8656',
    500: '#5b5712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5712;
$custom-light: #8c8656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44707,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.09084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5712

secondary

#353A93

accent

#47EA3E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5712

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

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