#5D550E#5D550E

#5D550E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.087 H 102.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D550E
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 14)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 84.9%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.71, -5.20, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.71, 39.39, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% -0.0188 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.087 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8423, 8.8562, 1.7117)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D550E #0E165D

analogous

#5D2D0E #5D550E #3D5D0E

triadic

#5D550E #0E5D55 #550E5D

tetradic

#5D550E #0E5D2D #0E165D #5D0E3D

square

#5D550E #0E5D2D #0E165D #5D0E3D

split-complementary

#5D550E #0E3D5D #2D0E5D

monochromatic

#1B1804 #282406 #5D550E #928616 #C7B61E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#5D550E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5D550E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D550E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D550E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D550E	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d550e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.087 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8454',
    500: '#5d550e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d550e;
$custom-light: #8e8454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d550e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.924,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44397,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D550E

secondary

#303A97

accent

#4AF037

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D550E

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

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