#5E4D15#5E4D15

#5E4D15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.076 H 91.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4D15
RGB	rgb(94, 77, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 0.45, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 34.17, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% -0.002 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.076 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4057, 7.7420, 1.8136)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4D15 #15265E

analogous

#5E2815 #5E4D15 #4B5E15

triadic

#5E4D15 #155E4D #4D155E

tetradic

#5E4D15 #155E28 #15265E #5E154B

square

#5E4D15 #155E28 #15265E #5E154B

split-complementary

#5E4D15 #154B5E #28155E

monochromatic

#191406 #2C240A #5E4D15 #907620 #C29F2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5E4D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E4D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4D15

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4D15	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 77, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.076 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7e56',
    500: '#5e4d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4d15;
$custom-light: #8f7e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42642,
    "c": 0.07583,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4D15

secondary

#394F95

accent

#68E741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4D15

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

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