#5B5F16#5B5F16

#5B5F16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.093 H 112.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5F16
RGB	rgb(91, 95, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 76.8%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, -11.59, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 40.43, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% -0.0357 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.093 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5517, 10.4667, 2.3287)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5F16 #1A165F

analogous

#5F3E16 #5B5F16 #365F16

triadic

#5B5F16 #165B5F #5F165B

tetradic

#5B5F16 #165F3E #1A165F #5F1636

square

#5B5F16 #165F3E #1A165F #5F1636

split-complementary

#5B5F16 #16365F #3E165F

monochromatic

#181906 #2B2D0A #5B5F16 #8B9122 #BAC22D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#5B5F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#5B5F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5F16

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5F16	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 95, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.093 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8c59',
    500: '#5b5f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5f16;
$custom-light: #8c8c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46729,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5F16

secondary

#403B96

accent

#42E54B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5F16

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

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