#5D591B#5D591B

#5D591B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.082 H 105.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D591B
RGB	rgb(93, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, -6.86, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 35.67, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.022 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.082 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2847, 9.5513, 2.4439)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D591B #1B1F5D

analogous

#5D381B #5D591B #405D1B

triadic

#5D591B #1B5D59 #591B5D

tetradic

#5D591B #1B5D38 #1B1F5D #5D1B40

square

#5D591B #1B5D38 #1B1F5D #5D1B40

split-complementary

#5D591B #1B405D #381B5D

monochromatic

#181707 #2E2C0D #5D591B #8C8629 #BCB437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#5D591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5D591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D591B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D591B	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.082 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d875b',
    500: '#5d591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d591b;
$custom-light: #8d875b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45475,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D591B

secondary

#414693

accent

#52DE49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D591B

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

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