#5B6717#5B6717

#5B6717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.102 H 117.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6717
RGB	rgb(91, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 77.7%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, -15.97, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 43.79, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% -0.0478 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.102 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3195, 11.9866, 2.6331)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6717 #231767

analogous

#674B17 #5B6717 #336717

triadic

#5B6717 #175B67 #67175B

tetradic

#5B6717 #17674B #231767 #671733

square

#5B6717 #17674B #231767 #671733

split-complementary

#5B6717 #173367 #4B1767

monochromatic

#161906 #2F350C #5B6717 #879922 #B3CB2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#5B6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#5B6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6717

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6717	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)

#6E6107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#616158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.102 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c925b',
    500: '#5b6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6717;
$custom-light: #8c925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4876,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6717

secondary

#4B3D9D

accent

#41E75A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6717

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

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