#5B591B#5B591B

#5B591B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.082 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B591B
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, -7.84, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 35.62, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% -0.0247 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.082 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0849, 9.4483, 2.4345)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B591B #1B1D5B

analogous

#5B391B #5B591B #3D5B1B

triadic

#5B591B #1B5B59 #591B5B

tetradic

#5B591B #1B5B39 #1B1D5B #5B1B3D

square

#5B591B #1B5B39 #1B1D5B #5B1B3D

split-complementary

#5B591B #1B3D5B #391B5B

monochromatic

#181707 #2C2B0D #5B591B #8A8729 #B9B537

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#5B591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B591B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B591B	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)

#615513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.082 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c875b',
    500: '#5b591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b591b;
$custom-light: #8c875b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45276,
    "c": 0.08213,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B591B

secondary

#414491

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B591B

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

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