#5B6211#5B6211

#5B6211 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.100 H 114.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6211
RGB	rgb(91, 98, 17)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 82.7%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.58, -13.52, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.58, 43.58, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% -0.0416 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.1 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7835, 11.0001, 2.1907)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6211 #181162

analogous

#624011 #5B6211 #336211

triadic

#5B6211 #115B62 #62115B

tetradic

#5B6211 #116240 #181162 #621133

square

#5B6211 #116240 #181162 #621133

split-complementary

#5B6211 #113362 #401162

monochromatic

#181A05 #2B2E08 #5B6211 #8B961A #BCCA23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#5B6211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#5B6211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6211

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6211	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 98, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.100 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8e57',
    500: '#5b6211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6211;
$custom-light: #8c8e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.185,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47452,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6211

secondary

#3D349A

accent

#3BED4A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6211

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

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