#5B6016#5B6016

#5B6016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.094 H 113.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6016
RGB	rgb(91, 96, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 77.1%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, -12.15, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 40.89, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(46.98% -0.0373 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(46.98% 0.094 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6423, 10.6480, 2.3589)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6016 #1B1660

analogous

#604016 #5B6016 #366016

triadic

#5B6016 #165B60 #60165B

tetradic

#5B6016 #166040 #1B1660 #601636

square

#5B6016 #166040 #1B1660 #601636

split-complementary

#5B6016 #163660 #401660

monochromatic

#181906 #2C2E0B #5B6016 #8A9221 #B9C42D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5B6016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5B6016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6016

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6016	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 96, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.094 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8d59',
    500: '#5b6016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6016;
$custom-light: #8c8d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46981,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6016

secondary

#413B97

accent

#42E64D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6016

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

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