#5D551B#5D551B

#5D551B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.078 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D551B
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, -4.50, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 34.03, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% -0.0154 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.078 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9609, 8.9036, 2.3359)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D551B #1B235D

analogous

#5D341B #5D551B #445D1B

triadic

#5D551B #1B5D55 #551B5D

tetradic

#5D551B #1B5D34 #1B235D #5D1B44

square

#5D551B #1B5D34 #1B235D #5D1B44

split-complementary

#5D551B #1B445D #341B5D

monochromatic

#181607 #2E2A0D #5D551B #8C8029 #BCAC37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#5D551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5D551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D551B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D551B	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.078 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d845b',
    500: '#5d551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d551b;
$custom-light: #8d845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.445,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D551B

secondary

#414B93

accent

#5CDE49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D551B

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

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