#5E4E15#5E4E15

#5E4E15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.077 H 92.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E15
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, -0.16, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 34.46, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0038 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.077 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4762, 7.8830, 1.8371)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E15 #15255E

analogous

#5E2915 #5E4E15 #4A5E15

triadic

#5E4E15 #155E4E #4E155E

tetradic

#5E4E15 #155E29 #15255E #5E154A

square

#5E4E15 #155E29 #15255E #5E154A

split-complementary

#5E4E15 #154A5E #29155E

monochromatic

#191506 #2C240A #5E4E15 #907820 #C2A12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5E4E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E4E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E15

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E15	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.077 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7f57',
    500: '#5e4e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e15;
$custom-light: #8f7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42877,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E15

secondary

#394E95

accent

#66E741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E15

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

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