#5E4F12#5E4F12

#5E4F12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.079 H 94.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4F12
RGB	rgb(94, 79, 18)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, -0.92, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 36.03, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% -0.0063 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.079 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5217, 8.0157, 1.7232)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4F12 #12215E

analogous

#5E2912 #5E4F12 #475E12

triadic

#5E4F12 #125E4F #4F125E

tetradic

#5E4F12 #125E29 #12215E #5E1247

square

#5E4F12 #125E29 #12215E #5E1247

split-complementary

#5E4F12 #12475E #29125E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #2B2408 #5E4F12 #917A1C #C5A526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#5E4F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5E4F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4F12

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4F12	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 79, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.079 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8055',
    500: '#5e4f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4f12;
$custom-light: #8f8055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4309,
    "c": 0.07933,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4F12

secondary

#354996

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4F12

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

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