#5D5517#5D5517

#5D5517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.081 H 101.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D5517
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 75.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, -4.75, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 35.86, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% -0.0166 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.081 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9177, 8.8864, 2.1086)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D5517 #171F5D

analogous

#5D3217 #5D5517 #425D17

triadic

#5D5517 #175D55 #55175D

tetradic

#5D5517 #175D32 #171F5D #5D1742

square

#5D5517 #175D32 #171F5D #5D1742

split-complementary

#5D5517 #17425D #32175D

monochromatic

#191606 #2C280B #5D5517 #8E8223 #BFAF2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#5D5517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5D5517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D5517

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D5517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D5517	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D520E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d5517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.081 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8458',
    500: '#5d5517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d5517;
$custom-light: #8d8458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d5517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44462,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D5517

secondary

#3C4694

accent

#57E344

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D5517

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

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