#5D511E#5D511E

#5D511E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.071 H 96.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D511E
RGB	rgb(93, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -1.89, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 31.04, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% -0.0075 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.071 96)
XYZ	xyz(7.6913, 8.3061, 2.4262)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D511E #1E2A5D

analogous

#5D321E #5D511E #4A5D1E

triadic

#5D511E #1E5D51 #511E5D

tetradic

#5D511E #1E5D32 #1E2A5D #5D1E4A

square

#5D511E #1E5D32 #1E2A5D #5D1E4A

split-complementary

#5D511E #1E4A5D #321E5D

monochromatic

#171407 #2F290F #5D511E #8B792D #BAA23C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#5D511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5D511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D511E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D511E	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.071 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d815c',
    500: '#5d511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d511e;
$custom-light: #8d815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43569,
    "c": 0.07122,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.08306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D511E

secondary

#455492

accent

#68DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D511E

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

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