#5E4E17#5E4E17

#5E4E17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.075 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E17
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -0.04, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 33.56, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% -0.0032 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.075 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4955, 7.8908, 1.9387)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E17 #17275E

analogous

#5E2A17 #5E4E17 #4A5E17

triadic

#5E4E17 #175E4E #4E175E

tetradic

#5E4E17 #175E2A #17275E #5E174A

square

#5E4E17 #175E2A #17275E #5E174A

split-complementary

#5E4E17 #174A5E #2A175E

monochromatic

#191406 #2D250B #5E4E17 #8F7723 #C0A02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5E4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E17

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E17	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)

#574D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.075 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7f58',
    500: '#5e4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e17;
$custom-light: #8e7f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42895,
    "c": 0.07501,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E17

secondary

#3C5095

accent

#68E444

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E17

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

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