#5B5A0F#5B5A0F

#5B5A0F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.092 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5A0F
RGB	rgb(91, 90, 15)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 83.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -9.07, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 40.86, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.43% -0.0294 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(45.43% 0.092 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0571, 9.5712, 1.8749)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5A0F #0F105B

analogous

#5B340F #5B5A0F #365B0F

triadic

#5B5A0F #0F5B5A #5A0F5B

tetradic

#5B5A0F #0F5B34 #0F105B #5B0F36

square

#5B5A0F #0F5B34 #0F105B #5B0F36

split-complementary

#5B5A0F #0F365B #340F5B

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #262606 #5B5A0F #908E18 #C4C220

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5B5A0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5B5A0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5A0F

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5A0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5A0F	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5a0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 90, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.092 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8855',
    500: '#5b5a0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5a0f;
$custom-light: #8c8855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5a0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45432,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5A0F

secondary

#313395

accent

#3CEE39

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5A0F

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

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