#5B6716#5B6716

#5B6716 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.103 H 117.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6716
RGB	rgb(91, 103, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 78.6%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, -16.02, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 44.16, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% -0.048 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.103 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3097, 11.9827, 2.5814)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6716 #221667

analogous

#674B16 #5B6716 #336716

triadic

#5B6716 #165B67 #67165B

tetradic

#5B6716 #16674B #221667 #671633

square

#5B6716 #16674B #221667 #671633

split-complementary

#5B6716 #163367 #4B1667

monochromatic

#161905 #2E350B #5B6716 #889921 #B4CC2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#5B6716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#5B6716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6716

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6716	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#616158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 103, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.103 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c925a',
    500: '#5b6716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6716;
$custom-light: #8c925a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48753,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6716

secondary

#4A3B9E

accent

#40E859

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6716

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

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