#5B5916#5B5916

#5B5916 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.086 H 107.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5916
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, -8.15, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 37.81, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.23% -0.0261 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(45.23% 0.086 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0319, 9.4271, 2.1554)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5916 #16185B

analogous

#5B3716 #5B5916 #3B5B16

triadic

#5B5916 #165B59 #59165B

tetradic

#5B5916 #165B37 #16185B #5B163B

square

#5B5916 #165B37 #16185B #5B163B

split-complementary

#5B5916 #163B5B #37165B

monochromatic

#191806 #2A290A #5B5916 #8C8922 #BEB92E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5B5916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B5916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5916

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5916	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61550B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.086 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8758',
    500: '#5b5916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5916;
$custom-light: #8c8758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45232,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5916

secondary

#3B3D92

accent

#48E444

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5916

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

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