#5E4E16#5E4E16

#5E4E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.076 H 92.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E16
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -0.10, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 34.01, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% -0.0035 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.076 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4857, 7.8868, 1.8869)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E16 #16265E

analogous

#5E2A16 #5E4E16 #4A5E16

triadic

#5E4E16 #165E4E #4E165E

tetradic

#5E4E16 #165E2A #16265E #5E164A

square

#5E4E16 #165E2A #16265E #5E164A

split-complementary

#5E4E16 #164A5E #2A165E

monochromatic

#191506 #2C250A #5E4E16 #907722 #C1A02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5E4E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E4E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E16

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E16	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)

#574D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.076 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7f57',
    500: '#5e4e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e16;
$custom-light: #8f7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42886,
    "c": 0.07578,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E16

secondary

#3B4F95

accent

#67E543

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E16

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

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