#5D511F#5D511F

#5D511F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.070 H 95.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D511F
RGB	rgb(93, 81, 31)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, -1.81, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 30.53, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% -0.0071 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.07 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7043, 8.3113, 2.4945)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D511F #1F2B5D

analogous

#5D321F #5D511F #4A5D1F

triadic

#5D511F #1F5D51 #511F5D

tetradic

#5D511F #1F5D32 #1F2B5D #5D1F4A

square

#5D511F #1F5D32 #1F2B5D #5D1F4A

split-complementary

#5D511F #1F4A5D #321F5D

monochromatic

#171408 #2F2910 #5D511F #8B792E #B9A13E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#5D511F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5D511F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D511F

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D511F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D511F	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)

#594F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d511f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 81, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.070 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d815d',
    500: '#5d511f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d511f;
$custom-light: #8d815d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d511f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43581,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D511F

secondary

#465592

accent

#69DA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D511F

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

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