#5E4B11#5E4B11

#5E4B11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.077 H 89.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4B11
RGB	rgb(94, 75, 17)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 1.48, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 35.34, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.0004 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.077 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2338, 7.4528, 1.5877)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4B11 #11245E

analogous

#5E2511 #5E4B11 #4B5E11

triadic

#5E4B11 #115E4B #4B115E

tetradic

#5E4B11 #115E25 #11245E #5E114B

square

#5E4B11 #115E25 #11245E #5E114B

split-complementary

#5E4B11 #114B5E #25115E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #2A2208 #5E4B11 #92741A #C69E24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#5E4B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#5E4B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4B11

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4B11	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 75, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.077 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7d54',
    500: '#5e4b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4b11;
$custom-light: #8f7d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42141,
    "c": 0.07732,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4B11

secondary

#344C97

accent

#67EC3C

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4B11

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