#5B5914#5B5914

#5B5914 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.087 H 107.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5914
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 20)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 78%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, -8.26, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 38.62, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% -0.0267 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.087 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0133, 9.4197, 2.0578)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5914 #14165B

analogous

#5B3614 #5B5914 #3A5B14

triadic

#5B5914 #145B59 #59145B

tetradic

#5B5914 #145B36 #14165B #5B143A

square

#5B5914 #145B36 #14165B #5B143A

split-complementary

#5B5914 #143A5B #36145B

monochromatic

#191906 #292809 #5B5914 #8D8A1F #BFBB2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5B5914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5B5914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5914

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5914	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.087 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8757',
    500: '#5b5914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5914;
$custom-light: #8c8757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45217,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5914

secondary

#383B93

accent

#46E741

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5914

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

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