#5B5812#5B5812

#5B5812 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.088 H 106.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5812
RGB	rgb(91, 88, 18)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, -7.77, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 38.99, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% -0.0255 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.088 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9136, 9.2475, 1.9403)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5812 #12155B

analogous

#5B3412 #5B5812 #3A5B12

triadic

#5B5812 #125B58 #58125B

tetradic

#5B5812 #125B34 #12155B #5B123A

square

#5B5812 #125B34 #12155B #5B123A

split-complementary

#5B5812 #123A5B #34125B

monochromatic

#1A1905 #282708 #5B5812 #8E891C #C1BB26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#5B5812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5B5812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5812

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5812	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)

#605404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 88, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.088 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8656',
    500: '#5b5812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5812;
$custom-light: #8c8656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44955,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5812

secondary

#353993

accent

#45EA3E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5812

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

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