#5E4D12#5E4D12

#5E4D12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.078 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4D12
RGB	rgb(94, 77, 18)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 0.30, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 35.45, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% -0.0029 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.078 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3796, 7.7316, 1.6758)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4D12 #12235E

analogous

#5E2712 #5E4D12 #495E12

triadic

#5E4D12 #125E4D #4D125E

tetradic

#5E4D12 #125E27 #12235E #5E1249

square

#5E4D12 #125E27 #12235E #5E1249

split-complementary

#5E4D12 #12495E #27125E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #2B2308 #5E4D12 #91771C #C5A126

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#5E4D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E4D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4D12

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4D12	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)

#564C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 77, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.078 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7e55',
    500: '#5e4d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4d12;
$custom-light: #8f7e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42617,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4D12

secondary

#354B96

accent

#64EB3D

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4D12

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

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