#5F590F#5F590F

#5F590F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.090 H 104.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F590F
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 15)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 84.2%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, -6.52, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 40.58, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0225 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.09 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3783, 9.6125, 1.8659)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5F590F #0F155F

analogous

#5F310F #5F590F #3D5F0F

triadic

#5F590F #0F5F59 #590F5F

tetradic

#5F590F #0F5F31 #0F155F #5F0F3D

square

#5F590F #0F5F31 #0F155F #5F0F3D

split-complementary

#5F590F #0F3D5F #310F5F

monochromatic

#1A1904 #2A2707 #5F590F #948B17 #C9BC20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5F590F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5F590F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F590F

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F590F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F590F	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f590f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.090 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8755',
    500: '#5f590f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f590f;
$custom-light: #8f8755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f590f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45586,
    "c": 0.08985,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F590F

secondary

#323998

accent

#46EF38

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F590F

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

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