#5F591B#5F591B

#5F591B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.082 H 103.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F591B
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 71.6%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, -5.89, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 35.76, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% -0.0194 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.082 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4899, 9.6571, 2.4535)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F591B #1B215F

analogous

#5F371B #5F591B #435F1B

triadic

#5F591B #1B5F59 #591B5F

tetradic

#5F591B #1B5F37 #1B215F #5F1B43

square

#5F591B #1B5F37 #1B215F #5F1B43

split-complementary

#5F591B #1B435F #371B5F

monochromatic

#181607 #2F2C0D #5F591B #8F8629 #BEB236

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#5F591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5F591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F591B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F591B	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.082 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f875b',
    500: '#5f591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f591b;
$custom-light: #8f875b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45677,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F591B

secondary

#414995

accent

#56DF49

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F591B

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

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