#5D511B#5D511B

#5D511B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.074 H 96.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D511B
RGB	rgb(93, 81, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -2.10, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 32.53, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% -0.0085 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.074 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6548, 8.2915, 2.2339)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D511B #1B275D

analogous

#5D301B #5D511B #485D1B

triadic

#5D511B #1B5D51 #511B5D

tetradic

#5D511B #1B5D30 #1B275D #5D1B48

square

#5D511B #1B5D30 #1B275D #5D1B48

split-complementary

#5D511B #1B485D #301B5D

monochromatic

#181507 #2E280D #5D511B #8C7A29 #BCA437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5D511B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5D511B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D511B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D511B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D511B	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)

#594F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d511b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 81, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.074 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d815a',
    500: '#5d511b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d511b;
$custom-light: #8d815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d511b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43536,
    "c": 0.07393,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D511B

secondary

#415093

accent

#65DE49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D511B

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

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