#5E4F16#5E4F16

#5E4F16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.077 H 93.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4F16
RGB	rgb(94, 79, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.05, -0.71, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.05, 34.32, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0052 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.077 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5573, 8.0300, 1.9108)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4F16 #16255E

analogous

#5E2B16 #5E4F16 #495E16

triadic

#5E4F16 #165E4F #4F165E

tetradic

#5E4F16 #165E2B #16255E #5E1649

square

#5E4F16 #165E2B #16255E #5E1649

split-complementary

#5E4F16 #16495E #2B165E

monochromatic

#191506 #2C250A #5E4F16 #907922 #C1A22D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#5E4F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#5E4F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4F16

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4F16	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 79, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.077 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8057',
    500: '#5e4f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4f16;
$custom-light: #8e8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43123,
    "c": 0.07651,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4F16

secondary

#3B4E95

accent

#65E543

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4F16

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

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