#5B5B11#5B5B11

#5B5B11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.092 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5B11
RGB	rgb(91, 91, 17)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, -9.56, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 40.57, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% -0.0306 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.092 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1570, 9.7470, 1.9819)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5B11 #11115B

analogous

#5B3611 #5B5B11 #365B11

triadic

#5B5B11 #115B5B #5B115B

tetradic

#5B5B11 #115B36 #11115B #5B1136

square

#5B5B11 #115B36 #11115B #5B1136

split-complementary

#5B5B11 #11365B #36115B

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #272707 #5B5B11 #8F8F1B #C2C224

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#5B5B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5B5B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5B11

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5B11	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 91, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.092 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8956',
    500: '#5b5b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5b11;
$custom-light: #8c8956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45693,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5B11

secondary

#343494

accent

#3CEB3C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5B11

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

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