#5B5918#5B5918

#5B5918 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.085 H 107.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5918
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 24)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, -8.03, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 36.96, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.25% -0.0256 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(45.25% 0.085 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0519, 9.4351, 2.2610)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5918 #181A5B

analogous

#5B3718 #5B5918 #3B5B18

triadic

#5B5918 #185B59 #59185B

tetradic

#5B5918 #185B37 #181A5B #5B183B

square

#5B5918 #185B37 #181A5B #5B183B

split-complementary

#5B5918 #183B5B #37185B

monochromatic

#181806 #2B2A0B #5B5918 #8B8825 #BCB832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#5B5918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B5918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5918

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5918	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61550E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.085 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8759',
    500: '#5b5918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5918;
$custom-light: #8c8759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45249,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5918

secondary

#3D4092

accent

#4BE146

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5918

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

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