#5B6816#5B6816

#5B6816 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.104 H 118.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B6816
RGB	rgb(91, 104, 22)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(70, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, -16.56, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 44.63, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% -0.0495 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.104 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4097, 12.1828, 2.6147)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B6816 #231668

analogous

#684C16 #5B6816 #326816

triadic

#5B6816 #165B68 #68165B

tetradic

#5B6816 #16684C #231668 #681632

square

#5B6816 #16684C #231668 #681632

split-complementary

#5B6816 #163268 #4C1668

monochromatic

#161905 #2F350B #5B6816 #879B21 #B3CD2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#5B6816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#5B6816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B6816

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B6816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B6816	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#616258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b6816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 104, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.104 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c935a',
    500: '#5b6816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b6816;
$custom-light: #8c935a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b6816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.512,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49007,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B6816

secondary

#4B3B9F

accent

#40E85A

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B6816

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

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