#5B591D#5B591D

#5B591D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.080 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B591D
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, -7.70, 33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 34.69, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% -0.024 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.08 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1088, 9.4579, 2.5606)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B591D #1D1F5B

analogous

#5B3A1D #5B591D #3E5B1D

triadic

#5B591D #1D5B59 #591D5B

tetradic

#5B591D #1D5B3A #1D1F5B #5B1D3E

square

#5B591D #1D5B3A #1D1F5B #5B1D3E

split-complementary

#5B591D #1D3E5B #3A1D5B

monochromatic

#171707 #2D2C0E #5B591D #89862C #B8B43B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5B591D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B591D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B591D

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B591D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B591D	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)

#615515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b591d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.080 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c875c',
    500: '#5b591d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b591d;
$custom-light: #8c875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b591d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45296,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B591D

secondary

#444690

accent

#51DB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B591D

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

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