#5E4D18#5E4D18

#5E4D18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.074 H 90.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4D18
RGB	rgb(94, 77, 24)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 0.63, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 32.79, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% -0.0011 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.074 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4352, 7.7538, 1.9690)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4D18 #18295E

analogous

#5E2A18 #5E4D18 #4C5E18

triadic

#5E4D18 #185E4D #4D185E

tetradic

#5E4D18 #185E2A #18295E #5E184C

square

#5E4D18 #185E2A #18295E #5E184C

split-complementary

#5E4D18 #184C5E #2A185E

monochromatic

#181406 #2D250C #5E4D18 #8F7524 #C09D31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#5E4D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E4D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4D18

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4D18	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 77, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.074 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7e58',
    500: '#5e4d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4d18;
$custom-light: #8e7e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4267,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4D18

secondary

#3D5294

accent

#6BE345

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4D18

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

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