#5B6038#5B6038

#5B6038 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.060 H 114.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6038
RGB	rgb(91, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 26%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(68, 42%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 41.7%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, -9.00, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 23.95, 112.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% -0.0247 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.06 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2111, 10.8755, 5.3546)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6038 #3D3860

analogous

#605138 #5B6038 #476038

triadic

#5B6038 #385B60 #60385B

tetradic

#5B6038 #386051 #3D3860 #603847

square

#5B6038 #386051 #3D3860 #603847

split-complementary

#5B6038 #384760 #513860

monochromatic

#12130B #363921 #5B6038 #80874F #A0A86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#5B6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#5B6038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6038

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6038	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F5C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.060 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8d6f',
    500: '#5b6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6038;
$custom-light: #8a8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47417,
    "c": 0.05958,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6038

secondary

#696390

accent

#65C371

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#F0F0EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0C0C07

muted

#7D7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6038

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

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