#5F5517#5F5517

#5F5517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.081 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F5517
RGB	rgb(95, 85, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 75.8%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, -3.77, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 36.01, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% -0.0139 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.081 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1228, 8.9921, 2.1182)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F5517 #17215F

analogous

#5F3117 #5F5517 #455F17

triadic

#5F5517 #175F55 #55175F

tetradic

#5F5517 #175F31 #17215F #5F1745

square

#5F5517 #175F31 #17215F #5F1745

split-complementary

#5F5517 #17455F #31175F

monochromatic

#191606 #2E290B #5F5517 #908123 #C2AD2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#5F5517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5F5517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F5517

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F5517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F5517	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)

#5E520D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#674E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f5517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 85, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.081 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8459',
    500: '#5f5517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f5517;
$custom-light: #8f8459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f5517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44673,
    "c": 0.08087,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F5517

secondary

#3C4996

accent

#5AE444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F5517

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

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