#5E4D11#5E4D11

#5E4D11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.079 H 92.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4D11
RGB	rgb(94, 77, 17)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 0.25, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 35.86, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% -0.0031 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.079 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3716, 7.7284, 1.6337)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4D11 #11225E

analogous

#5E2711 #5E4D11 #495E11

triadic

#5E4D11 #115E4D #4D115E

tetradic

#5E4D11 #115E27 #11225E #5E1149

square

#5E4D11 #115E27 #11225E #5E1149

split-complementary

#5E4D11 #11495E #27115E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #2A2308 #5E4D11 #92771A #C6A224

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#5E4D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E4D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4D11

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4D11	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 77, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.079 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7e54',
    500: '#5e4d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4d11;
$custom-light: #8f7e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4261,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4D11

secondary

#344A97

accent

#63EC3C

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4D11

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

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