#5C5311#5C5311

#5C5311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.083 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C5311
RGB	rgb(92, 83, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 81.5%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, -4.38, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 37.53, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.0161 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.083 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6084, 8.5026, 1.7706)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C5311 #111A5C

analogous

#5C2E11 #5C5311 #405C11

triadic

#5C5311 #115C53 #53115C

tetradic

#5C5311 #115C2E #111A5C #5C1140

square

#5C5311 #115C2E #111A5C #5C1140

split-complementary

#5C5311 #11405C #2E115C

monochromatic

#1A1705 #282407 #5C5311 #90821B #C3B024

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#5C5311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5C5311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C5311

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C5311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C5311	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c5311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 83, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.083 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8355',
    500: '#5c5311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c5311;
$custom-light: #8d8355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c5311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43824,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C5311

secondary

#344095

accent

#51EC3C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C5311

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

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