#5E4C12#5E4C12

#5E4C12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.077 H 90.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4C12
RGB	rgb(94, 76, 18)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 0.91, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 35.18, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0011 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.077 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3101, 7.5927, 1.6527)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4C12 #12245E

analogous

#5E2612 #5E4C12 #4A5E12

triadic

#5E4C12 #125E4C #4C125E

tetradic

#5E4C12 #125E26 #12245E #5E124A

square

#5E4C12 #125E26 #12245E #5E124A

split-complementary

#5E4C12 #124A5E #26125E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #2B2208 #5E4C12 #91761C #C59F26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#5E4C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5E4C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4C12

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4C12	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 76, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.077 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7d55',
    500: '#5e4c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4c12;
$custom-light: #8f7d55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42382,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4C12

secondary

#354C96

accent

#66EB3D

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4C12

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

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