#5B5A12#5B5A12

#5B5A12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.090 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5A12
RGB	rgb(91, 90, 18)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -8.94, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 39.80, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% -0.0288 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.09 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0800, 9.5804, 1.9957)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5A12 #12135B

analogous

#5B3612 #5B5A12 #385B12

triadic

#5B5A12 #125B5A #5A125B

tetradic

#5B5A12 #125B36 #12135B #5B1238

square

#5B5A12 #125B36 #12135B #5B1238

split-complementary

#5B5A12 #12385B #36125B

monochromatic

#1A1905 #282708 #5B5A12 #8E8D1C #C1BF26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#5B5A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5B5A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5A12

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5A12	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 90, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.090 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8856',
    500: '#5b5a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5a12;
$custom-light: #8c8856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45451,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5A12

secondary

#353793

accent

#40EA3E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5A12

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

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