#5B591C#5B591C

#5B591C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.081 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B591C
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -7.77, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 35.16, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% -0.0243 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.081 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0966, 9.4530, 2.4965)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B591C #1C1E5B

analogous

#5B391C #5B591C #3D5B1C

triadic

#5B591C #1C5B59 #591C5B

tetradic

#5B591C #1C5B39 #1C1E5B #5B1C3D

square

#5B591C #1C5B39 #1C1E5B #5B1C3D

split-complementary

#5B591C #1C3D5B #391C5B

monochromatic

#171707 #2C2B0E #5B591C #8A872A #B9B539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5B591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B591C

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B591C	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.081 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c875c',
    500: '#5b591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b591c;
$custom-light: #8c875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45286,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B591C

secondary

#424590

accent

#50DC4B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B591C

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

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