#5B5D16#5B5D16

#5B5D16 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	#5B5D16
RGB	rgb(91, 93, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 76.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.04, -10.45, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.04, 39.54, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.23% -0.0326 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(46.23% 0.091 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3738, 10.1110, 2.2694)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5D16 #18165D

analogous

#5D3B16 #5B5D16 #385D16

triadic

#5B5D16 #165B5D #5D165B

tetradic

#5B5D16 #165D3B #18165D #5D1638

square

#5B5D16 #165D3B #18165D #5D1638

split-complementary

#5B5D16 #16385D #3B165D

monochromatic

#181906 #2B2C0A #5B5D16 #8B8E22 #BCC02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#5B5D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#5B5D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5D16

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5D16	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)

#655909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 93, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.091 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8a59',
    500: '#5b5d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5d16;
$custom-light: #8c8a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46228,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5D16

secondary

#3D3B94

accent

#43E548

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5D16

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

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