#5B5E11#5B5E11

#5B5E11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.095 H 111.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5E11
RGB	rgb(91, 94, 17)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, -11.27, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 41.84, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.44% -0.0354 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(46.44% 0.095 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4186, 10.2702, 2.0691)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5E11 #14115E

analogous

#5E3B11 #5B5E11 #355E11

triadic

#5B5E11 #115B5E #5E115B

tetradic

#5B5E11 #115E3B #14115E #5E1135

square

#5B5E11 #115E3B #14115E #5E1135

split-complementary

#5B5E11 #11355E #3B115E

monochromatic

#191A05 #292A08 #5B5E11 #8D921A #BFC624

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#5B5E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5B5E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5E11

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5E11	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 94, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.095 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8b57',
    500: '#5b5e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5e11;
$custom-light: #8c8b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46444,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5E11

secondary

#383497

accent

#3CEC42

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5E11

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

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