#5E4E1E#5E4E1E

#5E4E1E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.069 H 90.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E1E
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 0.43, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 30.15, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0009 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.069 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5752, 7.9226, 2.3583)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E1E #1E2E5E

analogous

#5E2E1E #5E4E1E #4E5E1E

triadic

#5E4E1E #1E5E4E #4E1E5E

tetradic

#5E4E1E #1E5E2E #1E2E5E #5E1E4E

square

#5E4E1E #1E5E2E #1E2E5E #5E1E4E

split-complementary

#5E4E1E #1E4E5E #2E1E5E

monochromatic

#171307 #30280F #5E4E1E #8C742D #BB9B3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#5E4E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E4E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E1E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E1E	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.069 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7f5c',
    500: '#5e4e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e1e;
$custom-light: #8e7f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4297,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E1E

secondary

#455893

accent

#70DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E1E

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

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