#5D5519#5D5519

#5D5519 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.079 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D5519
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 25)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 73.1%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, -4.63, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 34.96, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% -0.016 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.079 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9385, 8.8947, 2.2182)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D5519 #19215D

analogous

#5D3319 #5D5519 #435D19

triadic

#5D5519 #195D55 #55195D

tetradic

#5D5519 #195D33 #19215D #5D1943

square

#5D5519 #195D33 #19215D #5D1943

split-complementary

#5D5519 #19435D #33195D

monochromatic

#181606 #2D290C #5D5519 #8D8126 #BDAD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#5D5519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5D5519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D5519

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D5519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D5519	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)

#5D5211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d5519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.079 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d845a',
    500: '#5d5519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d5519;
$custom-light: #8d845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d5519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4448,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D5519

secondary

#3F4993

accent

#59E147

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D5519

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

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