#5B6516#5B6516

#5B6516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.100 H 116.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6516
RGB	rgb(91, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 78.2%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, -14.93, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 43.21, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.24% -0.045 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(48.24% 0.1 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1131, 11.5896, 2.5158)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6516 #201665

analogous

#654816 #5B6516 #346516

triadic

#5B6516 #165B65 #65165B

tetradic

#5B6516 #166548 #201665 #651634

square

#5B6516 #166548 #201665 #651634

split-complementary

#5B6516 #163465 #481665

monochromatic

#171905 #2E330B #5B6516 #889721 #B6CA2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#5B6516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#5B6516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6516

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6516	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.100 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c905a',
    500: '#5b6516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6516;
$custom-light: #8c905a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.595,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48244,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6516

secondary

#473B9C

accent

#41E756

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6516

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

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