#5B5E12#5B5E12

#5B5E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.094 H 111.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5E12
RGB	rgb(91, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.33, -11.23, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.33, 41.49, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% -0.0351 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.094 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4266, 10.2734, 2.1112)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5E12 #15125E

analogous

#5E3B12 #5B5E12 #355E12

triadic

#5B5E12 #125B5E #5E125B

tetradic

#5B5E12 #125E3B #15125E #5E1235

square

#5B5E12 #125E3B #15125E #5E1235

split-complementary

#5B5E12 #12355E #3B125E

monochromatic

#191A05 #292B08 #5B5E12 #8D911C #BEC526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#5B5E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5B5E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5E12

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5E12	1.00	6.87	3.05	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.094 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8b57',
    500: '#5b5e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5e12;
$custom-light: #8c8b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4645,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5E12

secondary

#393596

accent

#3DEB44

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5E12

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

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