#5D552B#5D552B

#5D552B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.061 H 98.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D552B
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 53.8%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.98, -3.14, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.98, 25.68, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0093 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.061 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1990, 8.9989, 3.5901)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D552B #2B335D

analogous

#5D3C2B #5D552B #4C5D2B

triadic

#5D552B #2B5D55 #552B5D

tetradic

#5D552B #2B5D3C #2B335D #5D2B4C

square

#5D552B #2B5D3C #2B335D #5D2B4C

split-complementary

#5D552B #2B4C5D #3C2B5D

monochromatic

#15130A #332F18 #5D552B #877B3E #AFA153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#5D552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5D552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D552B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D552B	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.061 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8465',
    500: '#5d552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d552b;
$custom-light: #8c8465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 36.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44705,
    "c": 0.06136,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D552B

secondary

#555E8F

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#F0EFEB

border

#CBCAC6

text

#0C0A06

muted

#7D7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D552B

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

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