#5B5811#5B5811

#5B5811 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.088 H 107.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5811
RGB	rgb(91, 88, 17)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, -7.82, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 39.36, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% -0.0257 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.088 107)
XYZ	xyz(7.9056, 9.2443, 1.8981)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5811 #11145B

analogous

#5B3311 #5B5811 #395B11

triadic

#5B5811 #115B58 #58115B

tetradic

#5B5811 #115B33 #11145B #5B1139

square

#5B5811 #115B33 #11145B #5B1139

split-complementary

#5B5811 #11395B #33115B

monochromatic

#1A1905 #272607 #5B5811 #8F8A1B #C2BC24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#5B5811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5B5811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5811

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5811	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 88, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.088 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8656',
    500: '#5b5811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5811;
$custom-light: #8c8656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44948,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.09244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5811

secondary

#343894

accent

#44EB3C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5811

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

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