#5D5511#5D5511

#5D5511 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.085 H 102.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D5511
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 17)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 81.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.72, -5.07, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.72, 38.31, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% -0.0181 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.085 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8642, 8.8650, 1.8271)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D5511 #11195D

analogous

#5D2F11 #5D5511 #3F5D11

triadic

#5D5511 #115D55 #55115D

tetradic

#5D5511 #115D2F #11195D #5D113F

square

#5D5511 #115D2F #11195D #5D113F

split-complementary

#5D5511 #113F5D #2F115D

monochromatic

#1A1805 #292608 #5D5511 #91841A #C4B424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#5D5511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5D5511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D5511

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D5511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D5511	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d5511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.085 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8455',
    500: '#5d5511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d5511;
$custom-light: #8e8455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d5511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44416,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D5511

secondary

#343E96

accent

#4EEC3C

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D5511

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

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