#5E4F17#5E4F17

#5E4F17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.076 H 93.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4F17
RGB	rgb(94, 79, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.05, -0.65, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.05, 33.87, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% -0.005 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.076 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5671, 8.0339, 1.9626)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4F17 #17265E

analogous

#5E2B17 #5E4F17 #495E17

triadic

#5E4F17 #175E4F #4F175E

tetradic

#5E4F17 #175E2B #17265E #5E1749

square

#5E4F17 #175E2B #17265E #5E1749

split-complementary

#5E4F17 #17495E #2B175E

monochromatic

#191506 #2D260B #5E4F17 #8F7823 #C0A22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#5E4F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#5E4F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4F17

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4F17	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)

#584D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 79, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.076 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8058',
    500: '#5e4f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4f17;
$custom-light: #8e8058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43132,
    "c": 0.07574,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4F17

secondary

#3C4F95

accent

#66E444

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4F17

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

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