#5C511B#5C511B

#5C511B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.074 H 97.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C511B
RGB	rgb(92, 81, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.7%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.48, -2.60, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.48, 32.42, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% -0.0099 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.074 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5542, 8.2397, 2.2292)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C511B #1B265C

analogous

#5C301B #5C511B #465C1B

triadic

#5C511B #1B5C51 #511B5C

tetradic

#5C511B #1B5C30 #1B265C #5C1B46

square

#5C511B #1B5C30 #1B265C #5C1B46

split-complementary

#5C511B #1B465C #301B5C

monochromatic

#181507 #2D270D #5C511B #8B7B29 #BBA437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#5C511B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5C511B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C511B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C511B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C511B	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c511b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 81, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.074 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d815a',
    500: '#5c511b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c511b;
$custom-light: #8d815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c511b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43428,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C511B

secondary

#414F92

accent

#63DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C511B

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

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