#5E4E12#5E4E12

#5E4E12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.079 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E12
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 18)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, -0.31, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 35.74, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% -0.0046 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.079 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4501, 7.8726, 1.6993)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E12 #12225E

analogous

#5E2812 #5E4E12 #485E12

triadic

#5E4E12 #125E4E #4E125E

tetradic

#5E4E12 #125E28 #12225E #5E1248

square

#5E4E12 #125E28 #12225E #5E1248

split-complementary

#5E4E12 #12485E #28125E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #2B2308 #5E4E12 #91791C #C5A326

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5E4E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5E4E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E12

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E12	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)

#574D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.079 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7f55',
    500: '#5e4e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e12;
$custom-light: #8f7f55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42853,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E12

secondary

#354A96

accent

#62EB3D

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E12

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

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