#5E4E11#5E4E11

#5E4E11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.079 H 93.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E11
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 17)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, -0.36, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 36.14, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% -0.0049 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.079 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4421, 7.8694, 1.6572)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E11 #11215E

analogous

#5E2811 #5E4E11 #485E11

triadic

#5E4E11 #115E4E #4E115E

tetradic

#5E4E11 #115E28 #11215E #5E1148

square

#5E4E11 #115E28 #11215E #5E1148

split-complementary

#5E4E11 #11485E #28115E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #2A2308 #5E4E11 #92791A #C6A424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5E4E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5E4E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E11

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E11	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.079 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7f54',
    500: '#5e4e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e11;
$custom-light: #8f7f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42845,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E11

secondary

#344997

accent

#60EC3C

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E11

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

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