#5B5D11#5B5D11

#5B5D11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.094 H 111.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5D11
RGB	rgb(91, 93, 17)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 81.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, -10.70, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 41.41, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% -0.0338 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.094 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3302, 10.0935, 2.0396)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5D11 #13115D

analogous

#5D3911 #5B5D11 #355D11

triadic

#5B5D11 #115B5D #5D115B

tetradic

#5B5D11 #115D39 #13115D #5D1135

square

#5B5D11 #115D39 #13115D #5D1135

split-complementary

#5B5D11 #11355D #39115D

monochromatic

#191A05 #282908 #5B5D11 #8E911A #C0C424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#5B5D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#5B5D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5D11

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5D11	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 93, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.094 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8a56',
    500: '#5b5d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5d11;
$custom-light: #8c8a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46193,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5D11

secondary

#373496

accent

#3CEC41

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5D11

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

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