#5E4F22#5E4F22

#5E4F22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.066 H 91.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4F22
RGB	rgb(94, 79, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 0.13, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 28.40, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% -0.0012 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.066 91)
XYZ	xyz(7.7012, 8.0875, 2.6685)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4F22 #22315E

analogous

#5E3122 #5E4F22 #4F5E22

triadic

#5E4F22 #225E4F #4F225E

tetradic

#5E4F22 #225E31 #22315E #5E224F

square

#5E4F22 #225E31 #22315E #5E224F

split-complementary

#5E4F22 #224F5E #31225E

monochromatic

#161308 #312912 #5E4F22 #8B7532 #B89B43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#5E4F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#5E4F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4F22

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4F22	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 79, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.066 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e805f',
    500: '#5e4f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4f22;
$custom-light: #8e805f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43255,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.08087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4F22

secondary

#4A5C92

accent

#73D751

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4F22

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

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