#5D511A#5D511A

#5D511A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.075 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D511A
RGB	rgb(93, 81, 26)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, -2.17, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 33.01, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% -0.0088 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.075 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6434, 8.2870, 2.1740)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D511A #1A265D

analogous

#5D2F1A #5D511A #475D1A

triadic

#5D511A #1A5D51 #511A5D

tetradic

#5D511A #1A5D2F #1A265D #5D1A47

square

#5D511A #1A5D2F #1A265D #5D1A47

split-complementary

#5D511A #1A475D #2F1A5D

monochromatic

#181507 #2D270D #5D511A #8D7B27 #BDA435

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5D511A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5D511A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D511A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D511A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D511A	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d511a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 81, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.075 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d815a',
    500: '#5d511a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d511a;
$custom-light: #8d815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d511a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43526,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D511A

secondary

#404F93

accent

#63E048

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D511A

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

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