#5F5B16#5F5B16

#5F5B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.088 H 106.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F5B16
RGB	rgb(95, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 76.8%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, -7.35, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 38.73, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% -0.0242 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.088 106)
XYZ	xyz(8.6056, 9.9733, 2.2306)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F5B16 #161A5F

analogous

#5F3616 #5F5B16 #3E5F16

triadic

#5F5B16 #165F5B #5B165F

tetradic

#5F5B16 #165F36 #161A5F #5F163E

square

#5F5B16 #165F36 #161A5F #5F163E

split-complementary

#5F5B16 #163E5F #36165F

monochromatic

#191806 #2D2B0A #5F5B16 #918B22 #C2BA2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#5F5B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5F5B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F5B16

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F5B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F5B16	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63570A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f5b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.088 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8959',
    500: '#5f5b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f5b16;
$custom-light: #8f8959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f5b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46122,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.09973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F5B16

secondary

#3B4096

accent

#4BE542

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F5B16

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

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