#5D551E#5D551E

#5D551E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.075 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D551E
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, -4.29, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 32.58, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% -0.0144 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.075 101)
XYZ	xyz(7.9974, 8.9182, 2.5282)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D551E #1E265D

analogous

#5D361E #5D551E #465D1E

triadic

#5D551E #1E5D55 #551E5D

tetradic

#5D551E #1E5D36 #1E265D #5D1E46

square

#5D551E #1E5D36 #1E265D #5D1E46

split-complementary

#5D551E #1E465D #361E5D

monochromatic

#171507 #2F2B0F #5D551E #8B7F2D #BAAA3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5D551E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5D551E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D551E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D551E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D551E	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d551e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.075 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d845d',
    500: '#5d551e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d551e;
$custom-light: #8d845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d551e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44531,
    "c": 0.07501,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.08918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D551E

secondary

#454F92

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D551E

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

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