#5B5D15#5B5D15

#5B5D15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.091 H 111.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5D15
RGB	rgb(91, 93, 21)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 77.4%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, -10.51, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 39.93, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% -0.0328 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.091 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3644, 10.1072, 2.2196)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5D15 #17155D

analogous

#5D3B15 #5B5D15 #375D15

triadic

#5B5D15 #155B5D #5D155B

tetradic

#5B5D15 #155D3B #17155D #5D1537

square

#5B5D15 #155D3B #17155D #5D1537

split-complementary

#5B5D15 #15375D #3B155D

monochromatic

#181906 #2A2B0A #5B5D15 #8C8F20 #BDC12C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#5B5D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#5B5D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5D15

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5D15	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 93, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.091 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8a58',
    500: '#5b5d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5d15;
$custom-light: #8c8a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4622,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5D15

secondary

#3C3994

accent

#42E646

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5D15

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

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