#5D551F#5D551F

#5D551F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.074 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D551F
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, -4.22, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 32.08, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.014 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.074 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0103, 8.9234, 2.5965)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D551F #1F275D

analogous

#5D361F #5D551F #465D1F

triadic

#5D551F #1F5D55 #551F5D

tetradic

#5D551F #1F5D36 #1F275D #5D1F46

square

#5D551F #1F5D36 #1F275D #5D1F46

split-complementary

#5D551F #1F465D #361F5D

monochromatic

#171508 #2F2B10 #5D551F #8B7F2E #B9A93E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5D551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5D551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D551F

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D551F	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)

#5D5219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.074 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d845d',
    500: '#5d551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d551f;
$custom-light: #8d845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44542,
    "c": 0.07408,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D551F

secondary

#465092

accent

#60DA4E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D551F

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

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