#5B5911#5B5911

#5B5911 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.089 H 107.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5911
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 17)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, -8.40, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 39.76, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% -0.0274 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.089 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9883, 9.4096, 1.9257)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5911 #11135B

analogous

#5B3411 #5B5911 #385B11

triadic

#5B5911 #115B59 #59115B

tetradic

#5B5911 #115B34 #11135B #5B1138

square

#5B5911 #115B34 #11135B #5B1138

split-complementary

#5B5911 #11385B #34115B

monochromatic

#1A1905 #272707 #5B5911 #8F8B1B #C2BE24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#5B5911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5B5911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5911

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5911	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.089 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8756',
    500: '#5b5911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5911;
$custom-light: #8c8756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45196,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5911

secondary

#343794

accent

#41EB3C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5911

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

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